Weather (Apple)

Last updated
Weather
Developer Apple Inc.
Operating system
watchOS
Type Weather forecasting

Weather is a weather forecast app developed by Apple Inc., available on iOS since the release of the iPhone and iPhone OS 1 in 2007. [1] [2]

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Weather allows users to see the conditions, forecast, temperature, and other related metrics of the device's current location, as well as a number of other cities. A version of Weather is also available for watchOS, but it has limited functionality. [3]

History

Weather was made available[ when? ] on more devices across the Apple ecosystem with the releases of iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, where weather data from Apple was previously only available as a widget or through Siri.[ citation needed ]

From iPhone OS 1 to iOS 7,[ when? ] Yahoo! Weather was used as the weather data source of the app.[ citation needed ]

In March 2019, Yahoo! shut down the servers distributing data for the Weather app on devices supporting iPhone OS 1 to iOS 7. From iOS 8 to iOS 15, The Weather Channel was used as the weather data source of the app. [4]

Since iOS 16,[ when? ] Apple has used its own internal forecast data.[ citation needed ]

Following the acquisition[ when? ] of the weather app Dark Sky, many features have been rolled into Apple's own Weather app with the release of iOS 15. [5]

At the beginning of 2023, support for Dark Sky ended, with users being urged to migrate to the Weather app. [6]

Functionality

Locations can be added or removed by pressing the list icon in the bottom right corner of the application, which allows the user to type in the city's name, ZIP or postal code, or airport code. [1]

For each city, the app will display the current, highest, and lowest temperatures, a 10-day forecast, UV index, time of sunrise and sunset, current wind direction and speed, rainfall measurements, current humidity, outdoor visibility range, and barometric pressure. [7]

In some locations, the app will also display an air quality report and show next-hour precipitation when raining or snowing. [8]

iOS 14 introduced support[ when? ] for severe weather warnings, allowing a user to receive notifications for government-issued severe weather events such as tornadoes, flash flooding, strong winds, and snow storms. Severe weather information is available from national weather services for Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, the United States, and most of Europe.[ citation needed ]

With iOS 15, a weather map can be accessed from the bottom left of the application that can display the temperature, air quality, and a multi-day precipitation forecast.[ citation needed ]

WeatherKit API

WeatherKit is an API integration toolkit that provides third-party developers with access to the Apple Weather service, replacing the former Dark Sky API, which was terminated at the end of March 2023. Developers can make up to half a million API requests per month for free, with subscription options available to increase the request limit. [9]

Weather app data source history

In 2007, the initial release of the Weather app leveraged the weather data of Yahoo! Weather.[ citation needed ]

In 2014, seven years later, the weather data of The Weather Channel replaced the weather data of Yahoo! Weather.[ citation needed ]

In 2022, eight years later, The Weather Channel data was in turn replaced with the weather data used by Apple.[ citation needed ]

SourceiOS versionDate rangeLength
Yahoo! Weather iPhone OS 1–iOS 7 2007–146 or 7 years
The Weather Channel iOS 8–15 2014–227 or 8 years
Apple WeatherKit (formerly Dark Sky)iOS 16 or laterSince 20223 years and 3 or 4 months

The macOS and iPadOS versions of Weather also use WeatherKit.[ citation needed ]

Apple WeatherKit amalgamates data from multiple sources. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ritchie, Rene (2016-12-04). "Weather app: The ultimate guide". iMore. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. ↑ Royal, Simon (2017-01-13). "iPhone OS 1: The Beginning of an Era". Low End Mac. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  3. ↑ Wolfe, Bryan M; Ritchie, Rene (2019-09-06) [2019-07-12]. "Your Apple Watch is a tiny weather station — Here's how to use it". iMore. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Neil (2014-06-20). "Weather Channel providing Apple more detailed data for iOS 8 Weather app than Yahoo did". Apple Insider. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  5. ↑ Bursztynsky, Jessica (2020-03-31). "Apple buys popular weather app Dark Sky and plans to shut down Android versions". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  6. ↑ Fathi, Sami (2022-09-13). "Apple-Acquired Weather App Dark Sky Reminding Users That iOS App Shutting Down on January 1". MacRumors. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  7. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (2021-06-07). "Apple (finally) updates its weather app with dynamic backgrounds, maps, and way more data". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  8. ↑ Miller, Chance (2020-09-19). "iOS 14 Weather app includes real-time precipitation data, more". 9to5Mac. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  9. ↑ Espósito, Filipe (2022-09-13). "Developers can now subscribe to get more WeatherKit API requests". 9to5Mac. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  10. ↑ CLRN team (2025-07-02). "Where does Apple get its weather data?". California Learning Resources Network.

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