Apple's native iOS, iPadOS native weather app is more informative than you might think

Apple’s native iOS, iPadOS native weather app is more informative than you might think،

We’ve seen how complex weather apps have become over the years. Have you ever seen how many weather apps are available in the App Store or Google Play Store? In the past, you could get by with just one weather app, but now you need one for your area and at least one more for hyper-local forecasts. Some weather apps include radar to help you get a better idea of precipitation in your area, and there are big names that have been around forever, such as The Weather Channel and AccuWeather.

Apple’s native weather app has improved significantly over the years

Apple has improved its weather app over the years and the acquisition of the hyperlocal app Dark Sky in 2020 led Apple to shut down the Android version of the app on July 1, 2020. The iOS version of the Dark Sky app, which was the best weather app in the App Store for some time, was shut down by Apple earlier this year. Dark Sky was known for its highly accurate local forecasts, developed using collaborative weather data.

Apple’s native weather app covers lots of vital data, charts and information

Apple took the hyperlocal forecasting process offered by Dark Sky and uses it on its native iOS weather app. With the release of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, Apple has added new features. For example, opening the native weather app and scrolling down to the 10-day forecast now allows you to tap on any of those 10 days to get a more enhanced look at the particular day you tapped. This is a new feature called “Terms”.

With “Conditions” you will see a graph for the day you selected that will display the predicted temperature at certain times of the day. A graph below will show you when precipitation is expected, followed by a daily summary. For example, in Salem, Massachusetts for next Thursday, the summary states that “Thursday’s low will be 54 degrees at midnight and the high will be 68 degrees between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.” It’s nice to have a little warmth at the end of October!

And if I want to see the “Terms” page for another of the next 10 days, I can simply swipe left to move forward or right to go back.

You can learn more about the air quality where you live by tapping the Air Quality section in the native weather app. By tapping the header, you will see a map with the air quality index (AQI) in your area and compare the current reading with the previous day’s number. It will also give you data on pollutants, for example noting that ozone is generally high due to traffic, fossil fuel burning and fires and can be transported long distances.

How to find more information from the native iOS and iPadOS 17 weather app

Tapping on the title of any of the native weather app’s individual titles will reveal more information about that category. Titles include:

Visibility
Humidity
Pressure
We have the impression
Wind
Sunrise
Averages (Temperature/Precipitation)
UV index
Moon

As we said, tapping on any of these topics brings you beautifully done charts and historical information. One of the most useful is the data you see when you tap the Averages header and go to the temperature page. You can see a graph that shows the average high and low temperature for each month in the city you are searching for.

If you tap below the Moon header, not only do you see a beautiful image of the current phase of the moon, but a calendar shows you what phase the moon will be in for each day of the current month along with the dates. for the New Moon and the Full Moon.

Even if you already pay for a weather app that you use on your iPhone or iPad, the native weather app on both devices is full of weather information that will be useful to you. All Apple needs to add is radar and many iOS and iPadOS users might start deleting their paid weather apps.