The Weather Channel - Radar
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV
What is The Weather Channel?
The Weather Channel is a weather app offering daily and hourly forecasts, up to 15 days ahead, along with live Doppler radar, a 24-hour future radar, and storm watch and tracking. It also includes air quality index, allergy and flu forecasts, severe weather and breaking news alerts, and home screen widgets. A paid Premium tier adds ad-free weather, 15-minute forecast details, a 72-hour future radar, air travel weather updates, and probabilistic snowfall.
Pricing. The Weather Channel - Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Checking storm and severe weather alerts during storm season
- Monitoring air quality and pollen during allergy season
- Viewing rain timing on a home screen radar widget
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Why this app is in S tier
The Weather Channel scores 98 out of 100: rating 95, rating count 100, App Store search rank 96, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
The Weather Channel is the World's Most Accurate Forecaster*. In addition to our daily forecasts, hourly details, and 24-Hour Future Radar, you can also personalize your weather preferences from skin health to air quality index forecast and more. Our live Doppler radar maps, storm watch, and storm tracker can warn you ahead of time of severe storms, heavy rain, snow, or ice. Track snowfall, ice, and freezing temperatures so you can plan winter travel with confidence. Severe weather is increasing across the nation - our severe weather alerts have you covered. Today’s Weather Forecast: Plan up to 15 days in advance with forecasts from the World’s Most Accurate Weather Forecaster, so you can plan ahead with confidence*. Manage personal weather alerts, so you receive notifications that are important to you. Download The Weather Channel to get you through winter storm season & extreme weather warnings. The Weather Channel Features: - New personalized weather tracking for wherever you are including, uv index, pollen count, humidity & more - 15-minute forecast for rain intensity up to 7 hours in the future & radar on your homescreen - Check weather forecasts up to two weeks in a
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| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | S | S | S |
| Score | 98 / 100 | 98 / 100 | 97 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.8 ★ | 4.7 ★ | 4.6 ★ |
| Ratings | 6.1M | 306K | 1.5M |
| Latest ratings · 180d | 4.5 ★ · 20 reviews | 4.5 ★ · 20 reviews | 2.0 ★ · 20 reviews |
| Last update | 1d ago | 10d ago | 15d ago |
| Price | Free + IAP | Free download | Free + IAP |
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Questions about The Weather Channel
Is the app free to download?
The App Store listing shows the price as free. A Premium upgrade is offered as an auto-renewing subscription with features such as ad-free weather and a 72-hour future radar.
Does it send severe weather alerts?
Users can get severe weather alerts, storm watch notifications, and live breaking news alerts for extreme weather events. Users can also manage personal weather alerts.
How do I cancel the Premium subscription?
You can cancel anytime through your App Store account settings. Cancellation must be done 24 hours before the end of a subscription period to avoid another charge.
Is The Weather Channel free?
The Weather Channel is free to download, with in-app purchases.
What is The Weather Channel good for?
The Weather Channel is built for checking storm and severe weather alerts during storm season, monitoring air quality and pollen during allergy season, viewing rain timing on a home screen radar widget. It sits in the weather radar list on AppTierList.
Is The Weather Channel worth it?
The Weather Channel is S tier, ranked #1 of 40 weather radar apps with a score of 98 out of 100, from a 4.8 App Store rating across 6,093,041 ratings. That is the top of its list.
How does The Weather Channel compare to Weather & Radar?
The Weather Channel is S tier at 98; Weather & Radar is S tier at 98. They score the same. The Weather Channel is free to download, with in-app purchases, Weather & Radar is free to download.
How often is The Weather Channel updated?
The Weather Channel was updated 1 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- Lists
- Weather Radar (S tier, #1) · Weather (S tier, #1) · Weather Alerts (S tier, #2)
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 98 / 100
- Rank in list
- #1 of 40
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store rating
- 4.8 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 6,093,041
- Recent reviews
- 4.5 from 20 in the last 180 days
- Current version
- (1 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Weather
- Good for
- Checking storm and severe weather alerts during storm season, Monitoring air quality and pollen during allergy season, Viewing rain timing on a home screen radar widget
- Requires
- iOS 18.0 or later
- Size
- 383 MB
- Age rating
- 9+
- Languages
- 33
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · reviews · ranking · how it is computed