What Are The Best Weather Apps?
Between the rain in the north of France and the heatwave in the south, the weather is showing us all its colors this summer! To avoid being caught off guard by a shower or the outside temperature, the simplest thing is to install a dedicated weather application on your phone. Here is a selection of the best free weather apps.
Weather France: the reference application.
If you want to know the weather everywhere in France, the reference application is undoubtedly Météo France, available on Google Play and the App Store.
This application is one of the most reliable for knowing the forecasts near you or at your vacation spot now, during the day, hour by hour, or in the next 15 days.
If you have already chosen your vacation destination, you can add that city to your favorites. Additionally, if you allow geolocation in your phone settings, this application will always open to the weather forecast for your current location.
The Météo France application is one of the best free weather apps, especially since it allows you to be alerted by a notification on your smartphone when your department is under orange or red alert.
Today Weather: a minimalist design app
If you like simple and efficient tools, the Today Weather Forecasts, Radar & Alerts app is the app for you. It deserves to be included in this selection of the best free weather apps for its very clean interface that gives you all the useful information at a glance.
This app provides weather forecasts, precipitation, and radar in a minimalist and elegant style. While its form is appealing, the content is not lacking as Today Weather uses forecasts from over 10 providers, including Météo France!
You will also find information on air quality, UV index, and pollen alerts for allergic individuals.
Weawow: a complete ad-free application
If we believe the opinions of internet users, one of the best free weather apps is Weawow. Although it is less well-known than Météo France, for example, it has received an excellent rating on Google Play and the App Store and deserves to be tried.
If you are tired of ads popping up as soon as you open your weather app, know that Weawow is both free and ad-free. The absence of ads is its main strength, but it is not the only one as this app is also very comprehensive and sources its data from numerous providers.
You can find information as diverse as temperature, humidity level, precipitation, wind speed, UV index, air quality, not to mention sunrise and sunset times and moon phases!
Like many weather apps, it has a community section and allows users to post photos to provide "live" testimony of the weather in a given location.
Other useful applications by the sea.
If you are planning to spend your summer vacation by the seaside, it might also be useful for you to download the following three apps on your smartphone.
The Météo Marine app is aimed at all sea lovers (boaters, skippers, surfers, and other water sports enthusiasts). Its forecasts are provided by Meteo Consult and are developed and controlled by experienced meteorologists.
The Marée Info app allows you to quickly know the tide schedules, height, and coefficient to enjoy the shore safely. For each city, the app provides you with a summary table with tide times and duration. You can download the app for free, but you need to subscribe to access certain features.
Finally, the Thermomètre réel app (on the App Store) and the Thermomètre intérieur app (on the Play Store) give you the ambient temperature wherever you are. These two very simple apps will be useful if you want to monitor the mercury to avoid excessive summer heat exposure.
