Top 5 Weather Apps For Rain Or Shine

Hurricane season is in full swing and Irene is shaping up to be a big one. While evacuating and getting to safety is your most important priority, it’s helpful to have consistently updated information on changing weather patterns are your fingertips. Even if your area isn’t in Irene’s direct path, there will likely be residual rain all along the East Coast. That’s why one of these five weather apps will be your new best friend. With forecasts by the hour or by the week, radar, real-time images, and even live traffic conditions, these apps hold plenty of meteorological data.  So which is the best for Android and iOS users? Read on to find out.

Weather Droid Widget Lite

Platforms: Android

Price: Free (Ad-supported) $1.39 (Ad-Free)

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Sometimes you just want to know what the current temperature is. If that’s all you’re interested in, Weather Droid Widget Lite fits the bill. This ad-supported app–the paid version will set you back $1.39–is actually a widget that can be added to your Android phone’s home screen.

The Weather Channel

Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS

Price: Free

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The most literally named channel on television has, appropriately enough, a namesake app for Android and iOS. Users who consider The Weather Channel’s weather.com their go-to forecast site will enjoy the app’s similarities, such as detailed 36-hour forecasts. While we tested the free version of the app on both Android and iOS, iPhone users get more videos and images built into their app.

AccuWeather Quick

Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS

Price: $0.99

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If the name AccuWeather sounds familiar to you, it’s likely that you heard it from your local TV weatherperson. The company calls itself “the World’s Weather Authority,” but does AccuWeather’s forecasting prowess translate well to its mobile app(s)?

Weather+

Platforms: iOs

Price: Free (Ad supported) $1.99 (Ad-Free)

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Weather+ provides current weather data, hourly forecasts, and weekly forecasts against an animated, idealized version of the current conditions. While the app is nice to look at and includes a decent amount of information, it sometimes presents too much data at once to be useful.

WeatherBug

Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS

Price: Free (Ad-supported)

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Although the Weather Channel has a bigger name, WeatherBug is actually one of the most popular weather apps available on almost every mobile platform. It uses data and live images culled from monitoring stations at schools across the country in addition to data from the National Weather Service. Because there are more than 35,000 monitoring stations worldwide, WeatherBug is able to provide hyper-local weather updates–including station images–that go beyond the current condition basics to include historical data.