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| Developer | Apple Inc. |
| Operating system | watchOS |
| Type | Weather forecasting |
Weather is aweather forecast app developed byApple Inc., available oniOS since the release of theiPhone andiPhone OS 1 in 2007.[1][2]
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 forwatchOS, but it has limited functionality.[3]
Weather was made available[when?] on more devices across theApple ecosystem with the releases ofiPadOS 16 andmacOS Ventura, where weather data from Apple was previously only available as a widget or throughSiri.[citation needed]
From iPhone OS 1 toiOS 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. FromiOS 8 toiOS 15,The Weather Channel was used as the weather data source of the app.[4]
SinceiOS 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]
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 forAustralia,Brazil,Canada,India,Japan,Mexico,Thailand, theUnited States, and most ofEurope.[citation needed]
With iOS 15, aweather 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 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]
In 2007, the initial release of the Weather app leveraged the weather data ofYahoo! Weather.[citation needed]
In 2014, seven years later, the weather data ofThe 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]
| Source | iOS version | Date range | Length |
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| Yahoo! Weather | iPhone OS1–iOS7 | 2007–14 | 6 or 7 years |
| The Weather Channel | iOS8–15 | 2014–22 | 7 or 8 years |
| Apple WeatherKit (formerly Dark Sky) | iOS16 or later | Since 2022 | 3 years and 4 or 5 months |
ThemacOS andiPadOS versions of Weather also use WeatherKit.[citation needed]
Apple WeatherKit amalgamates data from multiple sources.[10]
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