NOAA Weather Unofficial

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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 ad supported free version of NOAA Weather. You are also limited to 3 saved locations. Upgrade to remove ads and this restriction.


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

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

Ratings and reviews

Great for precision, easy to navigate, and responds quickly with detailed feedback. The latest updates make it even better than ever. the adventure is quite small, so it doesn't really get annoying. there's no forced splash screen ads either. Thanks to the developers for putting the wind direction at the top of the graph so that it's easier to see without having to click on the data points. This can be crucial information when you live in exposed to, when tossed areas.

I have used this app for many years. The past year it has declined in accuracy. Three people in my house have this app all set with the same settings. We will get different weather data. Three times this week it has said that the current temp is 0 while the high for the day was in the 70's. I hope that we can get back to the reliable app we once loved!

I've tried many weather apps. This is by far the best. When I got a new phone recently; the sales guy showed me the app that was loaded with it. I tried it for a couple of days, but I soon came back to this one. - My only request, on radar view, remember my zoom level AND a remember where I had the center of the view. It always defaults to my location as center of view. But weather is coming from the west. My location on the radar view should be on the east edge so that I can quickly see W.

What’s new

v2.18.0
* Many widget and temp notification improvements
* Better widget and notification error messaging
* Added opacity slider for night shading on hourly tab
* In hourly, day names shifted to middle of day when zoomed out
* Added missing SSL certs for NOAA API on Android 6 and 7
* Added switch to nearby station workaround for 0 temp bug for some weather stations