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Seems like the apple weather app is updated? seems to 'just work' at this point :-)
No. I live in an unincorporated town. Dark Sky vs Apple was 3 degree difference as Apple reverted to the town 'next door'. But we actually have different weather. Slightly cooler. And rain hits us later.
If you are looking for raw weather forecast data, it could be a good start
I used to use DarkSky on Android I've since put together a kit of much better alternatives: Foreca [0] is most similar with at-a-glance daily or hourly (with drill-down) weather calendar display. FlowX [1] is an amazing current visualization of any of numerous weather models in great detail as well as graphs of key values, hi-low, etc.. The visualization is spectacular and just swiping advances/reverses the point in…
So glad to see the FlowX mention. I've been obsessed with that app since back when it was called WeatherBomb. The premium data is well worth the cost imo, and the customizable widgets are so useful once you dial them in for what you're interested in!
https://www.weather.gov/ NOAA is where most of the other US-based weather services are getting their data from anyway. Why go to a secondary source when the primary source is free?
https://merrysky.net/ is the closest I've found yet to the Dark Sky mobile web ux
Here's the link: https://weathergraph.app
Screenshots: https://impresskit.net/6430c7f0-b34b-418f-9824-f386f939be9a/...
Compared to Apple Weather, it uses more weather sources (and often better - Foreca often ranks in top 3 at https://forecastadvisor.com and has 3-hour nowcast on par with Dark Sky), shows more forecast metrics (like wind speed & direction, humidity & dew point, UV index, etc.) and you can pick a color theme and metrics to display.
The app provides quite nice home screen and lock screen widgets for iOS, and many people say it’s the best weather complication for Apple Watch.
I am outdoor runner and biker, and as I built the app for myself, I made sure that the watch (and phone) app doesn’t go blank when it loses the connection or when you go running/biking without an LTE watch. Instead, it caches the last known forecast for up to 24 hours, as that's when the hourly forecast is still reasonably reliable, and shows ‘what would the weather according to the last forecast be right now’.
Weathergraph is also privacy focused (no ads or tracking), as that is how I want all apps on my phone/watch to behave.
The basic app with Dark Sky view and yr.no forecast is free, all the data sources and customizability can be unlocked with a subscription or a single payment.
Ask me anything :).
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No. I live in an unincorporated town. Dark Sky vs Apple was 3 degree difference as Apple reverted to the town 'next door'. But we actually have different weather. Slightly cooler. And rain hits us later.
Isn't Apple Weather using the Dark Sky data/API now? I thought that's why they shut down Dark Sky - because the Weather app incorporated everything in it.