NOAA Weather Unofficial (Pro)

Granite Apps

About this app

This weather app is not affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service. Products provided by NOAA are in the public domain, and this app's use of those products is compliant with NOAA/NWS terms of use.


This app provides forecasts, animated radar, hourly forecast, and current conditions, all in an intuitive and easy to use interface. Just the information you need, provided accurately, quickly, and for your exact location.


★ "A no-nonsense approach to show weather data on your phone, but done well and great looking" - Android Central


This app uses NOAA point forecasts from your GPS location to get the most localized weather available. Point forecasts are great for climbing, hiking, skiing, or any outdoor activity where weather from a nearby city isn't accurate enough.


GPS on the phone will provide the most accurate location, but usually isn't needed. Nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi networks can also provide this information, and will be checked first to save time and battery. You can also enter a location manually.


To provided highly localized forecasting, this app uses point forecasts from the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS), and is therefore only available in the US.


If there is severe weather this will display at the top of the forecast. This app currently does NOT support severe weather alerts or notifications. NOAA is providing this service directly through cell carriers. You can read more about the service at https://www.weather.gov/wrn/wea.


There are also several differently sized widgets available which can be placed on your homescreen to provide some basic weather information, without the need to open the app.


Forecast discussion is available through the menu button.


Permission: Location
This app requires your location to provide you with the most accurate weather. This is fundamental to how the app works. You can still add manual locations as well if you prefer.


Permission: Photos/Media/Files
This permission is required by Google Maps so that it can cache map tiles for faster loading. It sounds like the app is doing something with your photos or media, but it is not. The permission means that the app has permission to access your files (which includes photos and media), but does not mean they are actually being accessed. It is a subtle but important distinction. Contact me if you have further questions about this.


These are the non-simplified permissions as listed in the Android manifest:
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" (location access listed above)
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" (check for network connection)
android.permission.INTERNET" (download weather)
android.permission.VIBRATE" (for zoom feedback on old radar)
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" (this is Photos/Media/Files listed above)
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" (required by google maps)


FAQ (Frequently asked questions):
http://graniteapps.net/noaaweather/faq.html


Please contact me if you have any further questions or problems.


This is the premium version and is 100% Ad free, and has no limitations.


NOAA Weather on Twitter
https://twitter.com/noaa_weather

Beta Channel (for newest features)
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nstudio.weatherhere

Ratings and reviews

Really, quite good, but if I was to ask for any improvement; I think I'd like to see at least a little capability to show at least the bare minimum of weather conditions/predictions for locations outside the United States. (and I do understand that the data comes from NOAA resources, so it's not a complaint, just a wish). Thank you for a reliable and direct, easy to use tool.

I have used several other weather apps some with a monthly subscription. I canceled them all for different reasons mostly they had inaccurate predictions or their local temperature was 10 degrees warmer than the actual temperature or their radars showed rain and there was none or the opposite. this one is simple no bells or whistles. but the temperature is accurate usually within a degrees and the radar is pretty good to. the long range forecast is nothing special but decent.

I have pretty much tried EVERY weather app our there... or at least it sure feels like i have!! and every time i keep coming back to this one. it's just plain the best one out there with all the things i want to know about. Wrote that review a few years ago. Nothing's changed. I add another app for a different perspective and they don't compare. wrote this 4 years ago. decided to update, but the pain truth is, my opinion hasn't changed in the slightest. still the best weather app in my book.

What’s new

v2.17.0
* Added wind direction arrows to the hourly chart. Can be disabled in the tab options
* Added color change buttons in the tab options for hourly
* Bug fixes

v2.16.3
* API update for aviationweather.gov observation backup source
* Hourly history improvements
* Library updates