10 Best Free Weather Apps for Windows 10
Choose the weather app that fits your preferences best
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Key notes
- Some of the applications provide precise information regarding storm hail size, hail likelihood, cloud top height, and vertically integrated liquid.
- These applications are fascinating since they are as customizable as they can be, and the ability to observe weather on videogames canvas could be entertaining.
- The accuracy of these applications' weather predictions in multiple languages at any time might help you escape natural disasters or witness the most spectacular natural phenomena.
- Get the applications for your phone as well, and never miss a sunset or a moonrise again if you check out our complete guide!
It is very annoying when you go out in the park, expecting to enjoy a lovely, sunny day but you return home soaking wet because the weather caught you by surprise.
You did not check the weather forecast because the sun was shining in the sky in the morning and you thought it was impossible to rain that day.
If you want to always be prepared and never let the weather take you by surprise, install one of the following apps and check the forecast before you go outside.
Have in mind that some of the listed free apps are actually freemium and some payments might be required in order to unlock certain features.
Check the weather with these useful Windows 10 weather apps
Weather Radar Pro
This weather app covers the United States, Europe, and Eastern Caribbean and offers animated weather radar with watch/warning boxes, global hurricane tracking, and cloud overlays.
This app has recently been updated and you can now select your default location manually and use the Live Tiles.
In-depth data about weather phenomena is offered: storm hail size, probability of hail, cloud top height, or vertically integrated liquid.
Storm characteristics on the radar include arrows showing the direction of motion and icons indicating the position and amount of hail, mesocyclones, and tornadic vortex signatures that indicate the existence of rotation in supercells and potential tornadoes.
Weather Radar Pro
Choose the number of frames in your radar animation, the pace of the animation, the interval between frames, and more precise real-time changes.Forecast
This is one of the richest apps in terms of locations available, offering weather information for millions of places around the world. It includes a live tile with a multi-day forecast, in-app weather graphs, and location-based weather.
You can configure the app appearance with both color and image themes available, including Bing’s image of the day. There’s a free trial available so you can give it a try.
Both Fahrenheit and Celsius are available, as well as a variety of measures for wind speed, precipitation, and pressure, all of which may be changed in the app’s settings.
Forecast
Forecast features a live tile with a multi-day forecast, in-app weather graphs, and location-based weather (GPS).Perfect Weather Universal
This weather app shows the current weather, the forecast for today, and for 9 days ahead. Details such as wind speed, pressure, day length, and moon phase are available.
Another strong point is the number of languages available: 26 languages. Multiple live tiles automatically update the forecasts on the Start screen so that you don’t have to.
Swipe the screen to watch how the weather changes throughout the day. The sunset, sunrise, moonrise, and moonset all occur at the same time as in real life. Learn about the wind, pressure, day length, and moon phase…
There are several landscape layouts that you may choose from, and several live tiles refresh the predictions on the Start screen automatically.
MSN Weather
This app brings you the latest information on weather conditions, with accurate 10-day and hourly forecasts. It comes pre-installed on Windows 10, and the only thing you have to do is configure it.
Severe weather alerts are offered so that you may be one step ahead of the weather, as well as previous days’ weather maps so that you can see what the weather is like, month by month.
Interactive pan and zoom maps are available, alongside Live Tile support.
8-bit Weather
If you’re a pixel fan, you will love this app because it combines nostalgic pixelated graphics with the latest weather information.
Watch as pixelated leaves blow over a dream landscape and drops of blocky rain descend from the sky. Keep an eye on the snow that is building up around a stone cave that is most likely home to a terrifying monster, and watch out for that moat!
You can check the current weather conditions – with hourly updates to a 7-day forecast – on videogame canvas. This is definitely the most fun way to check the weather.
Rain Gauge
This app gives you the current weather, and the forecasts for the upcoming days, and has a dedicated rain radar. The best part is that you don’t have to check the app to see if it rains.
You can set up rain alerts to get a message when it’s going to rain and check the live tile for the rain graph. Rain Gauge proudly offers rainfall information per 5 minutes in the upcoming 3 hours.
The Weather 14 days
As its name suggests, this weather app shows you the weather forecast for the next 14 days. You can use it to get the latest weather forecasts in over 450,000 locations all around the world.
The app is compatible with Windows 10 PCs, Surface devices, as well as Windows 10 phones. If you install it on your phone, you can customize it with weather widgets, display temperature in your notification bar, and more.
You can also select a specific day to view detailed hourly weather information such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and much more.
Weather warnings are also available so that you’ll never be caught off guard by unusual weather phenomena.
Simple Weather
The Simple Weather app is one of those apps available in the Store that are seemingly too bareboned to be considered worthy. But that’s hardly the case.
Simple Weather checks all the boxes in regards to what it’s supposed to do: shows you the weekly weather forecast along with pressure, humidity, wind conditions, sunrise and sunset times.
It can also give you severe weather alerts based on the weather forecast provider.
Weather Notify
Many apps we listed here have notification options but none is as specialized in delivering timely notifications as Weather Notify. Once you’ve set the location of your choice, you have a multitude of options to choose from for the app to notify you about.
However, the notifications are under the paywall so you’ll need the Pro version of the app in order to get them. Also, on the downside, the app isn’t exactly the most stable.
Strawberry Weather
Strawberry Weather is a really colorful weather app. You can install it on your Windows 10 laptop, mobile device, or Microsoft Hub. One of its strong points is its low battery usage.
Expect it to use about 3% of your battery in a day. This is a nice feature to have especially if you use the app while you’re on the go and don’t have access to a wall socket to power up your laptop or phone.
There are 12 colorful themes that you can choose from. Simply select your favorite color as the app background and you’re ready to go.
The app allows you to search for all the places you want and get the latest weather information about the respective places. The part is that you can sync the weather info across all your Windows 10 devices.
You can also check out these phenomena specific apps:
- Moon Calendar with specific sunrise, sunset and twilight times for a price tag of $1.99.
- Hurricane Tracker – get the latest information about tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, East Pacific, West Pacific, Indian Ocean, and southern hemisphere for only $3.75.
- Rain Alarm – this app warns you about rain or snow approaching your location using push notifications.
For more guides like this one, visit our dedicated Weather Apps Hub. If you like having handy apps, visit our Utilities and Tools page for more great suggestions.
Also, leave there any other questions you may have and we’ll be sure to check them out.
If you’re aware of other apps that we didn’t feature in our list and are worth mentioning, share them in the comments section below.
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