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# Great Weather Apps for Weather Enthusiasts
- URL: https://numericcitizen.me/great-weather-apps-for-weather-enthusiasts/
- Published: 2021-02-03T17:06:34.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-23T16:48:08.000Z
- Description: These days, there are a lot of weather apps available for our smartphones and computers. But it wasn’t always like that. When I was a teenager, one of my passion was meteorology. I wanted to be a meteorologist. I was a real weather enthusiast. I had a mini weather station in my backyard. Each day,…
- Author: JF Martin
- Tags: climate, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2023-03-23 12:41, #numericcitizen

These days, there are a lot of weather apps available for our smartphones and computers. But it wasn’t always like that.

When I was a teenager, one of my passion was meteorology. I wanted to be a meteorologist. I was a real weather enthusiast. I had a mini weather station in my backyard. Each day, three times a day, I came outside to read the instruments and write down my readings on a weather observations sheet that I made myself. I remember asking my parents to create copies of the blank sheet on their Xerox machine at work to have enough for the whole year! I was really into it.

My favourite weather events were thunderstorms in the summer and winter storms during the winter. The newspaper had a weather section where I would cut the weather systems map to create a series of maps showing the weather system’s movements over the week. I could then explain how systems would collide and create weather events like a big snowstorm. That was a long time ago. Times have changed so much with the internet.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/90/db90e17a-b0ed-4eb3-8db1-a5b434dbead1/content/images/numericcitizen.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/living-earth-my-radar.png)

Left: Living Earth. Right: My Radar. Click to enlarge.

I’m still a weather enthusiast. Today, I no longer have a weather station at home but I do use quite a few weather-focused apps on my iPhone to track weather events like snowstorms. It is really fun.

I usually start to track major weather systems up to a week before they cross my region. The included screenshots in this post show the latest snowstorm we’ve got here in Montreal which left 17 cm of snow behind it. Not a major storm but still.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/90/db90e17a-b0ed-4eb3-8db1-a5b434dbead1/content/images/numericcitizen.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/radar-widgets-ventusky-weathermap.png)

Left: Radar Widget. Middle: Ventusky. Right: WeatherMap.

Here is a list of these apps that I use the most.

**[Living Earth](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/living-earth-clock-weather/id379869627?ref=numericcitizen.me)**: move around the globe to see cloud cover, hurricanes. Really well designed and a joy to use. Updated as required to support new devices or new operating system releases. Still, no widgets support, though. Works on M1-based Macs. Free.

**[MyRadar](https://myradar.com/?ref=numericcitizen.me)**: the must-have application for radar data. Very flexible, lots of options and layers are available to customize your weather maps. Not available on M1-based Macs. Too bad. Free with in-app purchase.

**[Radar Widget](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-radar-widget/id1532959739?ref=numericcitizen.me)**: simple tape to display a radar on a widget on my iPhone screen. Works on M1-based Macs. Free with in-app purchase.

**[Ventusky](https://www.ventusky.com/?ref=numericcitizen.me)**: one of the best weather apps with a lot of data available: precipitations, winds, pressure, temperatures. You can scroll in the future to see weather forecasts. Really well done. Don’t miss their website, it is really cool! Not available on M1-based Macs. Free.

**[WeatherMap](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/weathermap/id471629622?ref=numericcitizen.me)**+: another great weather maps application. Works on M1-based Macs. Available for Apple TV. Free with in-app purchase.

[**Carrot Weather**](https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/?ref=numericcitizen.me): a very popular weather application with a lot of customizable options, with a gorgeous design. Pricey but still useful. Subscription is mandatory, otherwise, pretty useless. My review of this application is available [here](https://numericcitizen.me/2022/03/04/my-experience-with-carrot-weather/).

If you are a weather enthusiast or if you know of a really good weather-centric app, drop me a comment about it in the comments section below this blog post.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/90/db90e17a-b0ed-4eb3-8db1-a5b434dbead1/content/images/numericcitizen.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ventusky-website.png)

Ventusky website. Click to enlarge