NOAA Weather Unofficial

Contains ads
4.6
103K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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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
Updated on
18 Sept 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data isn’t encrypted
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
93.6K reviews
Michael Johnson
19 September 2024
Rated this ten years ago, and it still does the same great job, with ease of use and understanding. The forecasts are not perfect, but its weather prediction and prediction can never be the same as fact. Science just allows for very educated guess-work when it comes to largely unstable variables. The app does what is created to do and is a great daily tool for myself.
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Tonya Holroyd
24 July 2024
Update: This now always has crude embarrassing Temu ads that look like porn at the bottom of my screen. I complained to no effect. I leaked that I didn't want to see it to no effect. I liked this app, but I'm uninstalling it. Previous review: My go-to weather app for regional weather (I use another for global weather). You can see information in several different ways - forecast, maps, timelines with expected temperatures, wind, precipitation, and humidity...
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Lee Muhl
1 August 2024
It's pretty good I use it daily. The one problem with it is it's not very accurate. For example a few mornings ago it indicated there was zero wind and the wind was blowing about 15 miles an hour. As another example it's usually off on the daytime high temperature it usually misses it by a few degrees
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What's new

v2.15.4
* API format update to fix barometric pressure for some locations
* Backup api updates for hazardous weather and forecast discussion
* Fixed time formating bug in one observation source
* Fixed ANR for some devices

v2.15.3
* Removed broken backup forecast discussion source and added new backup

v2.15.2
* API change (https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn24-55_api_v1.13.pdf)