BBC Weather

BBC Media App Technologies

About this app

Wherever you are, and whatever your plans, you're always prepared with the latest weather forecast from BBC Weather. Easy to understand, with hourly forecasts for tens of thousands of locations around the globe.

Main features:
Get the information you need – fast. Including:
● At-a-glance forecasts, so you can make decisions quickly
● Hourly data up to 14 days ahead (in UK locations and major international cities)
● 'Chance of precipitation', giving you a heads-up about rain, hail or snow
● 'Feels like' temperature, which takes into account wind speed and humidity
● Met Office weather warnings, personalised to locations that matter to you
● Social-friendly forecasts, sharable on Facebook, Twitter and email
● Text-to-speech accessibility
● Easy-to-read, intuitive layout

BBC Weather app and your privacy:
The BBC Weather app allows you to see weather information based on your current location. When you first install the app, we’ll ask you whether you wish to enable this option. You can turn this feature on/off at any time via Settings > Apps > BBC Weather > Permissions > Locations.

If you choose to enable this feature, the app uses your device's location to find the closest location where weather information is available. The BBC does not store nor share your device's precise location in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy Policy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/about/57854010.

If you choose to enable this feature for the BBC Weather widget, we request permission to access your device’s location while the app is closed or not in use. This ensures that the widget can continuously display the most up-to-date forecast for your current location.

If you install this app, you accept the BBC Terms of Use: https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms.

About BBC Weather:
BBC Weather is responsible for preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts across the BBC, in association with the MeteoGroup. It broadcast its first weather forecast in 1922 and by 1936 was pioneering the use of weather maps during TV forecasts. The BBC Weather app was launched in 2013 and is now one of the most popular weather apps in the UK.

Ratings and reviews

Installed this app on a second phone I use. As that phone doesn't have widgets on the home screen ( the launcher in the phone doesn't support them), I needed a simple quick access app that does the job. This is perfect. The location is incredibly accurate, pinpointing my location to the area of the town I live in, rather than the town as a whole, you can't want a location much more accurate than that. A simple left swipe, and I get an hourly forecast for the rest of the day. It's all I need.

Clear display. Accurate local forecasts. Concise information easily accessible. However, this app persistently fails to load or open, usually once or twice a week. The only way to rectify this is to clear all cache and data and begin anew - not ideal for an app you want ticking over in the background. Edit: Forecasts are no longer accurate. Not even able to tell you with any accuracy what the current weather is. Crashing and failing to launch persists. Not fit for purpose.

The recently updated app uses location as the default forecast and then remembers these as searches when they are not. It no longer allows favourites to be saved, so all you get is a list of places where you opened the app. As a result I need to search for the place I want a forecast for every time I open the app. A total waste of time.