To those who are interested in viewing the “shape” of weather data (and who are using an apple device), I cannot recommend https://www.weatherstrip.app enough. I think its visualization is even superior to Dark Sky’s, mostly by virtue of being more compact without losing anything.
Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
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Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#72I was a big fan, the original version was called forecast.io.
It was a rare example at the time when it was _the_ webapp better than any existing 'native' apps.
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#73I was a big fan, the original version was called forecast.io. It was a rare example at the time when it was _the_ webapp better than any existing 'native' apps.
As a fan of webapps, https://yr.no is a good no-frills weather webapp.
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#74To those who are interested in viewing the “shape” of weather data (and who are using an apple device), I cannot recommend https://www.weatherstrip.app enough. I think its visualization is even superior to Dark Sky’s, mostly by virtue of being more compact without losing anything.
Yes, this is my main weather app and I think I've recommended it here before. There's another app that's slightly less elegant, but has more knobs to turn in Weathergraph. https://weathergraph.app/
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#75Clearly the author didn't "obsess over how people would actually use" the gallery function on his web page
Look at image. Scroll down to find the next image button. Scroll back up to look at image. On desktop
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#76For weather data and amazing visualizations see https://weatherspark.com/ Check out their compare feature. Brilliant. Eg: Seattle vs London https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/913~45062/Comparison-of-t... (Not affiliated. Just an admirer.)
I still mourn the loss of Weatherspark's old Flash interface, which brilliantly displayed all of this data in a single pane to give context to the recent, current, and forecasted weather. I've never seen as concise a visualization of current and historical weather data.
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#77Dark Sky was a marvel, and when it first came out, its ability to say rain will start where you are in 2-3 minutes was a marvel. The information design argument is 100% valid, but I also marvel that, having bought the company, Apple's weather app still isn't as precise or accurate. I don't know whether Apple's privacy focus prevents them making the same precise predictions, or if there is some other reason they don't…
> Apple's weather app still isn't as precise or accurate Is it not? The rainfall-per-minute over the next hour on iOS seems about the same accuracy as Dark Sky had -- I used Dark Sky for years. It wasn't perfect but it worked well enough, same as iOS did after. You can even scrub the precipitation map predictions and they look the same to me. I know the Dark Sky prediction accuracy was greatly dependent on where you…
Probably depends on where you are, but here in Europe I always joke that you should prepare for the exact opposite of what apple weather tells you. A lot of times I’m literary standing in the rain and Apple tells me the chance for rain is 0%
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#78Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#79It wasn’t as much focused on high level information visualization as Dark Sky, but I also still miss the original Wunderground and its precipitation prediction cones and radar features that were accurate down to the second back before it was acquired by the weather channel, where it went to die of neglect. This topic raises an issue I’ve had in mind for a while, companies are not realizing their true value when they…
I still use Wunderground since it utilizes base stations within my own neighborhood, so the data is accurate down to the street level. Its precipitation percentages have also been much more accurate than Apple weather over the last few years (for me).
Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)
#80I am surprised no one mentioned Carrot as a replacement! I have been using it for years. they don't have their own source of data, they are mostly a good UI, and you need to select a data source like Apple Weather or others.