Almost every aspect of your life is impacted by the weather. It’s what you choose to wear to work if you bring an umbrella, and what you have planned for the weekend.
Is it your goal to constantly monitor the weather by visiting a weather website? Installing Windows software that shows the weather forecast and updates automatically is a more practical solution.
When you head to the park anticipating a beautiful, sunny day and come home drenched from the unexpected weather, it is rather inconvenient.
Since the sun was shining in the sky in the morning and you believed it would not rain that day, you neglected to check the weather report. Install one of the following apps and check the forecast before you walk outside if you want to be prepared at all times and never be caught off guard by the weather. Remember that some of the free apps on this list are actually freemium, meaning that you may need to pay to access specific features.
Weather Apps for Windows 10 & 11
To provide you with the best options, we’ve installed and tested just the most significant weather applications available.
A built-in weather widget in Windows 11 displays basic weather information, such as the current temperature, the week’s prediction, and any precipitation.
Yet a decent weather app is capable of much more. It can provide you with information on air quality, hurricanes, and extreme weather alerts so you can schedule your activities appropriately. Depending on your needs and preferences, these are the top weather applications for Windows 10 and 11.
1. MSN Weather
For a good reason, the MSN Weather app has long been the most downloaded weather program from the Microsoft Shop. It is easy to use, has a lovely layout, and the most straightforward user interface.
Below the main page, you can view the current local temperature and meteorological information. A quick look at a 9-day prediction is below this. Below is a weather timeline for the next 24 hours, starting at your present time and in the future.
To view a two-hour radar observation animation, use the Maps icon located on the left navigation bar.
2. MyRadar
MyRadar is available as a premium app and as a free, ad-supported version. The map seems rather basic when you first launch it—it’s just an animated radar map.
On the other hand, you may choose between an aerial, greyscale, or road map by tapping the map button located at the bottom right corner of the program. You may also choose Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules (IFT) maps in the premium edition.
3. Simple Weather
The Microsoft Store app called Simple Weather lives up to its name—it’s pretty simple. But simple doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.
When you open the app for the first time, you’ll need to give it a place to track your weather.
Next, pick the weather units, how often you want to be updated, and whether you want desktop notifications to be enabled.
4. WeatherMate
One of the best desktop weather apps is WeatherMate, which stays out of the way until you need it.
WeatherMate will hide itself at the top of your screen as soon as you open it. To slide the dock down, move your mouse close to the app window.
You can add one or more places to the app’s current weather show in Settings.
The app has tabs for each place you’ve added when you open it. You can see the current temperature and weather, as well as read more about the weather written down.
5. Weather Radar Pro
This weather app shows animated weather radar with warning and watch boxes, global storm tracking, and cloud overlays for the US, Europe, and the Eastern Caribbean.
Since this app was just updated, you can now use the Live Tiles and choose your default position.
There is a lot of detailed information about weather events, like the size of storm hail, the chance of hail, the height of the clouds, and vertically integrated liquid.
6. The Weather 14 Days
This is a nice-looking weather app for Windows called The Weather 14 Days. It allows multiple locations, rain maps, animated radar, and weather alerts, and it shows the weather for the next 14 days.
The app automatically figures out where you are and shows you the basic weather information, like temperature, humidity, and hourly weather, for the next 12 hours. If you click on any date in the next 14 days, you’ll see more information about that date. The new style shows the weather, including wind speed, the highest and lowest temperatures, and more.
You can also add more than one place, see rain and snow maps, and see animated forecasts on radar and satellite images.
7. Forecast
This is one of the complete apps when it comes to areas; it has weather information for millions of places around the world. It has a live tile with a forecast for more than one day, weather graphs inside the app, and weather based on your position.
You can change how the app looks by choosing from colour and picture themes, such as Bing’s “Image of the day.” You can try it out for free.
You can choose between Fahrenheit and Celsius, as well as different units for wind speed, rainfall, and pressure. You can change all of these settings in the app.
8. Appy Weather
One of the nicest-looking weather apps in the Windows Store is Appy Weather. The app’s modern and comprehensive design makes it easy to move around quickly and smoothly. Details about the forecast are given in a more personal way, including not only what the forecast means but also how it makes you feel. For instance, if it’s freezing outside today, the weather for tomorrow might say that it won’t be as cold as it feels today.
9. StrawBerry Weather
Strawberry Weather is a tiny Windows app that tells you about the weather. It has a simple layout and shows weather information for up to five days, such as temperature, cloud information, wind, humidity, and pressure.
It uses OpenWeatherMap by default to get up-to-date information on the present weather and the next five days. If you want more accurate hyperlocal weather predictions, you can change the weather data source to Dark Sky.
10. WeatherBug
WeatherBug has been a well-known weather service for many years. The site itself is a great place to find news and information about the weather. That being said, WeatherBug has a desktop app that you can use to get that information without having to go to the web.
After setting it up, you will get a clean desktop page with mainly the same weather information.
You can see the current temperature, as well as the high and low temperatures for your area, on the main page.
11. Perfect Weather Universal
This weather app tells you what the weather will be like today and for the next nine days. Details like wind speed, pressure, day length, and moon phase can be found.
Another great thing is that you can use 26 different languages. The forecasts on the Start screen are updated immediately by a number of live tiles, so you don’t have to.
You can swipe the screen to see how the weather changes during the day. The moon rises, sets and the sun goes down, all happening at the same time, just like in real life. Find out about the moon phase, wind, tides, and length of the days…
You can choose from different landscape patterns, and some live tiles will automatically update the predictions on the Start screen.
12. NOAA Hi-Def Radar
NOAA Hi-Def Radar is the last paid weather app for Windows 10 on this list. It is also the last app on this list. We really liked it because it has something to do with the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
Because of this, you can expect to see a lot of information on the map when you use this app. The information will be very reliable since it comes from a genuine company. The only bad thing about this is that you will see a lot of information on the screen, which could be too much for some people.
13. Weather Channel
While not the best, The Weather Channel is one of the best weather apps for Windows 10, thanks to its Weather Maps, Videos, and News.
From these three features, you can get almost all the information you need about the station. In fact, you won’t even need to check the weather. The map shows a lot of different types of data, like the weather, clouds, and more. The really cool thing about it is that the data is shown live right now.
This app is suitable for people who want to keep an eye on the weather in a particular area. This is even better if the app can figure out where you are.