NOAA Weather Unofficial (Pro)

4.6
16.7K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

This weather app is not affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service. Products provided by NOAA are in the public domain, and this app's use of those products is compliant with NOAA/NWS terms of use.


This app provides forecasts, animated radar, hourly forecast, and current conditions, all in an intuitive and easy to use interface. Just the information you need, provided accurately, quickly, and for your exact location.


★ "A no-nonsense approach to show weather data on your phone, but done well and great looking" - Android Central


This app uses NOAA point forecasts from your GPS location to get the most localized weather available. Point forecasts are great for climbing, hiking, skiing, or any outdoor activity where weather from a nearby city isn't accurate enough.


GPS on the phone will provide the most accurate location, but usually isn't needed. Nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi networks can also provide this information, and will be checked first to save time and battery. You can also enter a location manually.


To provided highly localized forecasting, this app uses point forecasts from the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS), and is therefore only available in the US.


If there is severe weather this will display at the top of the forecast. This app currently does NOT support severe weather alerts or notifications. NOAA is providing this service directly through cell carriers. You can read more about the service at https://www.weather.gov/wrn/wea.


There are also several differently sized widgets available which can be placed on your homescreen to provide some basic weather information, without the need to open the app.


Forecast discussion is available through the menu button.


Permission: Location
This app requires your location to provide you with the most accurate weather. This is fundamental to how the app works. You can still add manual locations as well if you prefer.


Permission: Photos/Media/Files
This permission is required by Google Maps so that it can cache map tiles for faster loading. It sounds like the app is doing something with your photos or media, but it is not. The permission means that the app has permission to access your files (which includes photos and media), but does not mean they are actually being accessed. It is a subtle but important distinction. Contact me if you have further questions about this.


These are the non-simplified permissions as listed in the Android manifest:
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" (location access listed above)
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" (check for network connection)
android.permission.INTERNET" (download weather)
android.permission.VIBRATE" (for zoom feedback on old radar)
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" (this is Photos/Media/Files listed above)
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" (required by google maps)


FAQ (Frequently asked questions):
http://graniteapps.net/noaaweather/faq.html


Please contact me if you have any further questions or problems.


This is the premium version and is 100% Ad free, and has no limitations.


NOAA Weather on Twitter
https://twitter.com/noaa_weather

Beta Channel (for newest features)
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nstudio.weatherhere
Updated on
Mar 17, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
15K reviews
Larry Packwood
April 4, 2024
Great weather app. Lots of detail if you want it, radar and hourly forecast as well. Had the pro version for 6 or 7 years. You can save, I think, an unlimited number of locations. The free version, which I had first, is pretty good as well. Limited number of locations though.
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C Gove
February 3, 2024
The temperature and weather isn't accurate about 70% of the time. It's usually off by 3 to 10 degrees depending on the time of year. We've gotten snowy days A LOT this winter when it said it was suppose to be sunny. The automatic location doesn't work 90% of the time as well but I'm glad we can have saved locations. It's better then other weather apps.
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Phi Optics
March 23, 2024
My go-to weather app on any phone. Excellent interface for (essentially free to public) NOAA data and predictions. No unnecessary whistles and bells, intrusive ads, or resources hog like the more famous weather apps out there. Easy to use widgets, granular control over weather stations, and for the so inclined, direct links to where the data is coming from so you can see more in depth NOAA figures and analysis - they (NOAA) should just make it their own official app!
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What's new

v2.14.5
* Improved observation error handling and recovery during outages
* Library updates

v2.14.4
* Fixed not requesting notification permission in Android 13+

v2.14.3
* Various minor improvements & bug fixes

v2.14.2
* Fixed wind speed bug in hourly
* Fixed crash while enabling location based alerts

v2.14.1
* NOAA API change

v2.14.0
* Improved use of observation backup sources
* Wide widget can be resized horizontally

v2.13.0
* Migration to new NOAA NowCOAST maps