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The Apple Weather app offers a clean interface and detailed forecasts, but recent user reviews frequently report significant inaccuracies in temperature, precipitation, and radar, contradicting its historical high ratings.

4.8★ lifetime (1,752,197) Free to download since 2016 by Apple Inc. updated 7.1 mo ago recent negative 36% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Accuracy Issues Radar & Icons User Interface & Features
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

Apple Weather is a free app praised for its user-friendly interface and comprehensive weather details, including UV index and hourly forecasts. However, recent reviews highlight a concerning decline in accuracy, with many users reporting incorrect temperatures, misleading rain predictions, and unreliable radar data. Despite its strong lifetime rating, the app's current performance is causing frustration among users.

What users like

  • Clean, fast, and easy-to-read interface with no adsR36R16R64
  • Provides detailed hourly and weekly forecastsR36R34R40
  • Allows users to add and track multiple locations globallyR35R13R47
  • Includes useful features like UV index and alertsR4R49R34

What users complain about

  • Frequent and significant inaccuracies in temperature forecastsR15R33R63R85
  • Precipitation forecasts are often wrong, leading to unexpected rain or missed predictionsR3R5R6R11
  • Radar data is unreliable and sometimes disappears or shows incorrect informationR59R113R542
  • Daily weather icons often misrepresent the predominant conditions, showing rain for brief showersR275R293R329R343
  • Alerts, such as air quality or heat warnings, sometimes fail to load detailsR14
  • Limited to 19 saved locations, which is insufficient for some usersR82R403
  • The 'Feels like' temperature is frequently inaccurate compared to other appsR15R481R511R518

Latest update · v2.1

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements

Recurring themes

Accuracy Issues negative
Many users report that the app's forecasts for temperature, rain, and general conditions are frequently inaccurate, often contradicting actual weather or other reliable sources. This is a significant decline from previous performance, with some users noting older iPhone versions were more accurate. The developer's notes mention 'Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements' but do not specifically address accuracy, and recent reviews indicate these issues persist.R2R3R5R6
Radar & Icons negative
Users find the radar unreliable, with precipitation sometimes disappearing or showing incorrect data. Additionally, the daily summary icons are often criticized for being misleading, frequently displaying rain for only brief showers, making the overall forecast appear worse than it is. The contrast on the precipitation radar map is also poor.R59R113R275R293
User Interface & Features mixed
The app is generally praised for its clean design, speed, and lack of ads. It provides detailed hourly forecasts and useful information like UV index. However, some users desire more features, such as tide tracking, dew point, or the ability to view Celsius and Fahrenheit simultaneously. There are also complaints about the limit on saved locations and issues with alerts not loading.R4R7R13R14

Who it's for

This app is for users who prioritize a clean, ad-free interface and detailed hourly forecasts, and are willing to cross-reference with other sources due to reported accuracy issues R36R64R3. It is not for users who require highly accurate, real-time weather predictions for critical planning, especially regarding rain or temperature, as many recent reviews indicate significant unreliability R5.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative regarding accuracy, which contrasts sharply with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a recent decline in performance, rather than an always-poor app. The developer's notes are generic and do not address the specific accuracy concerns raised by users.

Frequently asked

Is the Apple Weather app accurate?
Recent reviews indicate that the Apple Weather app is frequently inaccurate, with users reporting incorrect temperatures, misleading rain forecasts, and unreliable radar data R3R5R15R38. This contradicts its historical high ratings, suggesting a recent decline in accuracy.
What features does the Apple Weather app offer?
The Apple Weather app offers a clean, ad-free interface with detailed hourly and weekly forecasts, UV index, and the ability to track multiple locations globally R36R34R49.
Can I add many locations to the Apple Weather app?
Users can add multiple locations, but the app is limited to 19 saved locations, which some users find insufficient R82R403.
Does the Apple Weather app have a radar?
Yes, the app includes a radar feature, but recent reviews indicate it can be unreliable, sometimes showing incorrect precipitation or having poor contrast on the map R59R480R542.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R36] 5/5 · US No ads weather app: No ads, runs fast, detailed hour by hour forecasts. What a weather app should be.
  2. [R16] 5/5 · US Faye: Great. It is very easy to read
  3. [R64] 5/5 · US From City of Brotherly Love: This APP is great! No disruptive adds, quick load and access. Not to mention the accuracy of the reports. TY
  4. [R34] 5/5 · US Details: This weather AP has all that’s needed for a rapid review of the week’s weather and today’s weather. It is optimal for alerts too
  5. [R40] 5/5 · US I LOVE this app!: The weather is accurate,it shows you the forecast, and shows you the weather for the whole week. GET THIS APP!!!
  6. [R35] 5/5 · US Amazing: I love it u can add so many places and also because u can see the weather from where you live and all over the earth it’s so fun for some reason definitely you should add
  7. [R13] 5/5 · US I love this: I can put any country on here and just look at it
  8. [R47] 5/5 · US Amazing: I really loved how I could see the weather all around the world like in tung Chung or viagrande or sextasty and more
  9. [R4] 5/5 · US lovely: woohoo nice i like the UV
  10. [R49] 5/5 · US Why I love weather: It tells me the correct weather. And the uv to see if it’s okay to tan or not. And it tells me if it’s going to rain or storm and I always hope practice gets canceled
  11. [R15] 1/5 · US Inaccurate: The Apple Weather app is really only good for one thing, rain forecasting. For temperature it is extremely inaccurate. It’s sometimes off by 10° F and the feels like temperature can be off by as much as 15°.
  12. [R33] 2/5 · US Temps never accurate: The temperature is consistently wrong by +/- 5-9 degrees. It does have good features though, that’s what I gave it the second star
  13. [R63] 2/5 · US Never accurate: This app used to be accurate but now it is always exactly 10 degrees off if it says 60 it is actually 70. Is not accurate on air quality our area has had fires so definitely has not been clear. Needs to be fixed or I need to get a better app.
  14. [R85] 1/5 · US Never the right temp: This app never says the correct temp. It’s always 10 to 15 degrees hotter or colder that the correct temperature.
  15. [R3] 1/5 · US Bad forecast: Recently facing the poor forecast of weather which was accurate few months ago. While it’s sunny actually but showing raining. That’s frustrating from the Apple app. Please fix this issue.
  16. [R5] 1/5 · US Not accurate and lies: I been riding out on a bike and for multiple days, I’ve been rained on because the app has lied and not been accurate and it would be nice because I have things to constantly do I do think this app needs update and something to be more accurate with the app itself
  17. [R6] 1/5 · US It is not accurate: I dont know whats going on with this app but the weather is all wrong , it needs to be recalibrated or fixed asap , about to delete this if it aint fixed and look for another better accurate app
  18. [R11] 1/5 · US Literally not accurate at all lies to my face every day living in California: Literally not accurate at all they be guessing like the rest of us looking out the window
  19. [R59] 3/5 · US Radar unreliable: Not all the time but more often than not, the radar has no idea what’s going on. Like just seconds ago, I checked the radar and there was a good bit of rain about to be right in my area, then minutes later, it’s gone!! It happens to me quite often actually. I don’t know if it’s something with my iPhone 14 or?? Sometimes when you try zooming in, the precipitation on the radar disa
  20. [R113] 2/5 · US Idrk: I say 2 stars because it says there a 10% chance of a storm at 5 but the radar says nothing is gonna happen I give it 2 stars Cuase it can be right but I’m gonna have to pass on the app for now
  21. [R542] 3/5 · CA Radar needs work: When viewing next 12 hours hard to tell what time I’m looking at.
  22. [R275] 3/5 · GB Icons don’t reflect the actual weather: I’ve generally found Apple Weather to be accurate, but the way it represents daily conditions is frustrating. The daily icon often shows rain for the entire day, even when there’s only a brief 10, 20 minute shower and the remaining 23+ hours are sunny. At a glance, it makes the day look wet and miserable when, in reality, it’s mostly sunshine with a passing
  23. [R293] 3/5 · GB Daily summary icon?: Generally, I find this app to be pretty accurate where I am. However, the icon which summarises the weather per day seems to select the very least likely conditions?! Eg a maximum of a 10% chance of rain at one time, the rest of the day being baking hot with the sun out icon is a cloud with rain 😆 Is this the Ai that is going to take over the world?
  24. [R329] 3/5 · GB Rain icon is excessive: Every day there will be an hour of rain and this will be the dominant icon. It’s depressing and misleading. We are looking for balance and some indication of what the overall day will be like, not what the most extreme segment of the day will be like. Please get the graphics team to try harder.
  25. [R343] 3/5 · GB Not very accurate.: 10 mins of rain at 3 in the morning and this app will say that day is rain. I’ve actually stopped looking at it.
  26. [R14] 1/5 · US ???: now all of a sudden the "see more" on air quality alert, extreme heat warnings, tornado warnings... DOES NOTHING. Black screen loads nothing. all of a sudden app is about * T H I S * close to being completely useless because if one more thing busts.......????
  27. [R82] 3/5 · US You can only have 19 locations added: You can only have 19 locations added which is stupid because I want to have more 👎👎👎 otherwise somewhat helpful for the weather information
  28. [R403] 3/5 · GB Nicely designed, need more locations!: Please allow us to add more locations!!
  29. [R481] 3/5 · GB Accuracy?: Ok but the “Feels like” temperature is often much much lower than that shown by my other apps, i e BBC, Met Office and Yahoo. Which one is correct? God only knows.
  30. [R511] 3/5 · CA Needs To Improve: 7/10 times its inaccurate with feels like temperature, the precipitation graph is never updated or just doesn’t move, and needs better information and Ui clarity
  31. [R518] 3/5 · CA “Feels like” is inaccurate: Would be fine if the humidex and wind chill was accurate.
  32. [R2] 2/5 · US Un poco mal indicador y ubicación: Está Lluviendo y la aplicación no me enseña bien el climaje ni la ubicación
  33. [R7] 5/5 · US Weather app review!: I LOVE this app in the mornings it always helps me figure out what to wear and of how I should style my self!!!
  34. [R38] 3/5 · US Horrible weather predictions, good UI: Weather is just flat out wrong over half the time. Currently downpouring and will be for the next several hours but Apple weather currently says it’s cloudy and does not predict rain.
  35. [R480] 3/5 · GB Low contrast precipitation radar: Great app, except the colour contrast on the precipitation radar view is hilariously bad. Land: White Sea: Light light blue Rain: Slightly darker light blue

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store