Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023) • Hacker News Board

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by dang » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #115

Previous discussions (and submissions by OP): 2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41109799 2023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35263115

Thanks! Macroexpanded:

A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41109799 - July 2024 (196 comments)

A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35263115 - March 2023 (251 comments)

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by wilg » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC

I really like the primary graph in https://mercuryweather.app/

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by Mistletoe » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC

Mistletoe wrote: post #101

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Apple Weather app absolutely sucks. I have learned to ignore its predictions. It will say that it's sunny outside, and I'll look out the window, and we're having a hailstorm.

Can anyone recommend a good app to replace it? No ads, lightweight etc.

Edit: Google Gemini suggested Hello Weather and loving it so far.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by starkparker » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC

shaky-carrousel wrote: post #11

A really good Android open source alternative is Breezy Weather: https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather

I prefer Bura[1] over it, Breezy doesn't communicate the daily things I need (and that the link talks about) as well for me

1: https://github.com/davidtakac/bura/

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by kasperset » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC

Notable weather iOS app that I use or have used in the past are:

Wetter: http://plot.micw.org/apps/wetter/index.php

weatherstrip : https://www.weatherstrip.app

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by josters » Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC

loire280 wrote: post #76

rrosen326 wrote: post #48

For 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.

Do you maybe have sceeenshots of this? Would love to see some more ways of compacting and visualizing this data in a digestible way.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by acomjean » Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

When I’m riding my bike, I use the weather.gov weather graphs. It took me a little bit to read it at a glance, but it’s all the information for the next couple days in graph form. (2 more days a click away) They have the whole week summary on the main forecast page, but I find the graph really useful.

Eg;

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.3773&lon=-7...

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by pinusc » Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC

shaky-carrousel wrote: post #11

A really good Android open source alternative is Breezy Weather: https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather

I have been using breezy weather and I like it overall. But after reading this article I can't help but be bugged off that the information density in the main page is significantly worse here than in Dark Sky. Dark Sky showed hourly forecast with a 2h resolution. This is a negligible difference in precision IMHO (weather predictions are inherently imprecise anyway - and a more precise graph could be - is - one tap away), but it allows to show a time range that is twice as wide! On my screen, breezy weather is able to show me the forecast for the next 5h until I scroll - this is OK, but it's annoying. The hours are very spaced apart, and there is a 1h resolution. With tighter spacing and 2h resolution, 12 or 16 hours could be displayed at once - which is far more likely to cover the time I am going to spend outside, which as the article states, is the main reason why I might want to check an hourly forecast anyway.

All the other android apps mentioned here have the same issue.

I might try to open an issue in their GH, or even a PR... A toggle for "denser graphs" and a setting for hourly resolution could do wonders.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by arendtio » Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC

Mistletoe wrote: post #101

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Apple Weather app absolutely sucks. I have learned to ignore its predictions. It will say that it's sunny outside, and I'll look out the window, and we're having a hailstorm.

Can anyone recommend a good app to replace it? No ads, lightweight etc.

If you are interested in German weather, I can recommend the DWD WarnWetter App. It is so good that the competitors sued when it was free. Now it costs a one-time fee of about 3€.

Re: Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)

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Post by bmink » Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC

guillohm wrote: post #142

tunapizza wrote: post #18

Fortunately someone recreated a clone at https://merrysky.net , which was featured [1] on HN some time ago. I've used it daily since. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34155191

Thanks for the mention! I'm the author of merrysky. Opened to feedback. What would you say you miss the most?

May be too specific but as a European in the US, I would love to be able to see temperature in F and C at the same time!