iOS 27 Weather App: All the New Features

[MacRumors]

There are no new AI features in the iOS 27 Weather app, but Apple did make improvements to the layout. It's now easier to see at-a-glance information for weather conditions.

Highlights

The top of the Weather app now has a Highlights section that shows you need-to-know weather information for the day.

Conditions

There are new views for the Conditions section of the main Weather app interface. In addition to viewing temperature and current condition on an hourly basis, you can toggle over to a precipitation or wind view.

Precipitation shows you an hour-by-hour chance of rain forecast, while wind displays a breakdown of wind speed.

10-Day View

The 10-day view also changes when you swap between the different condition options so you can see precipitation and wind overviews for the next 10 days without having to tap into a more detailed view.

Widgets

There's a new extra large size available for Home Screen widgets, which is applicable to the Weather app. You can set the Weather app to take up an entire app page.

More iOS 27 Features

There are a long list of new features in iOS 27, with details available in our iOS 27 roundup.

Article Link: iOS 27 Weather App: All the New Features

 

[bozzykid]

The radar still sucks.

 

[sniffies]

I wish the sun inside the app icon turned into the moon in dark mode.

 

[marblesbarkley]

I wish the sun inside the app icon turned into the moon in dark mode.

That makes no sense.

 

[Reason077]

I’m frustrated by the direction of the weather app in recent years. Yes, they’ve added a lot more features and data, but it’s just not as good as it used to be as a basic weather app. Everything tiny sized, grey-on-grey design lacking contrast and making everything hard to read (see screenshot above).

On WatchOS it’s even worse. I really wish we could go back to the Weather app from WatchOS 9 or so when you could see conditions throughout the day (not just the current temperature) at a glance. Now you have to scroll through pages and pages of similar-looking data which is all quite difficult and slow to interpret. Sometimes it’s hard to even figure out what screen you’re looking at. Is this wind, humidity, UV??! By adding more data and features, they made the basic functionality worse!

 

[paulcons]

How about hourly conditions like temp for more than just 24 hours?

 

[DocMultimedia]

Alas, many still miss Dark Sky due to the lack of contrast/clarity in the Apple version. I use Carrot and Acme as my primary weather apps.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Weather app on Apple TV when?

 

[Viridian5]

I use carrot and the multi-modal forecast has changed the game for me. And their Apple Watch app is spectacular

 

[RaceTripper]

WeatherBug is still the standard bearer for me (I'm an avid cyclist who cares).

Did I hear Apple was coming out with a weather app? 🙄

 

[smithrh]

The radar still sucks.

That's because it isn't radar, it's some weird ML-generated idea of where rain is and might be soon.

It's next to bogus and why they don't actually pull radar from the source, idk

 

[GlassFingers]

I would be happy just to “see feels” like on the front. That’s usually more accurate than the literal temperature

 

[segfaultdotorg]

When will the iWeather app be as accurate as Accuweather?

 

[lovehateapple]

I really wish the app showed satellite imagery in real time (for free).

 

[jz0309]

What about better accuracy?

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

How about hourly conditions like temp for more than just 24 hours?

Can’t you click on a day in the upcoming daily forecast and it expands to show you the full 24 hours?
That’s how it works on mine, at least.

 

[superarijit]

There are no new AI features in the iOS 27 Weather app, but Apple did make improvements to the layout. It's now easier to see at-a-glance information for weather conditions.

Highlights

The top of the Weather app now has a Highlights section that shows you need-to-know weather information for the day.

Conditions

There are new views for the Conditions section of the main Weather app interface. In addition to viewing temperature and current condition on an hourly basis, you can toggle over to a precipitation or wind view.

Precipitation shows you an hour-by-hour chance of rain forecast, while wind displays a breakdown of wind speed.

10-Day View

The 10-day view also changes when you swap between the different condition options so you can see precipitation and wind overviews for the next 10 days without having to tap into a more detailed view.

Widgets

There's a new extra large size available for Home Screen widgets, which is applicable to the Weather app. You can set the Weather app to take up an entire app page.

More iOS 27 Features

There are a long list of new features in iOS 27, with details available in our iOS 27 roundup.

Article Link: iOS 27 Weather App: All the New Features

Imagine, all ye sycophants, that this app took 19 years to yet achieve basic reasonable functionality that has been available on weather.com for about the same time period. Instead, we have thinness, LiquidGl(ass), more emojis, more backgrounds, and more and more froufrou.

 

[Bustycat]

What this app requires the most for users outside the U.S. is data from local meteorological agencies. It often provides false forecasts that people blame the agency here but not that app.

 

[britboyj]

Yeah but is it ACCURATE and CONSISTENT?

Or will it tell me it's raining currently when I look outside and it's bright and sunny, while my wife's right next to me says it's correct, and vice versa.

Acme weather is everything I needed.

 

[gummybear2026]

Apple weather app is still consistently the worst weather app around! Nothing new to see here.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Is there a list of extras we get if we have an iWeather Pro subscription?

 

[Waughy]

I'll stick with Willyweather in Australia. Apple weather is too inconsistent with conditions and forecasts.

 

[Sowelu]

Like many iOS apps these days, the Weather app has its shiny and nice elements, but there's a bit too much going on and can feel a bit too layered.

I wish Apple would've bought the simplistic Dark Sky app and incorporated it into iOS.

Oh, wait...

 

[actcyclist]

the new format looks better. I really like the weather app, and for my location, it’s more accurate than any other option.

 

[BigBlur]

The radar still sucks.

That's because it isn't radar, it's some weird ML-generated idea of where rain is and might be soon.

It's next to bogus and why they don't actually pull radar from the source, idk

I'm not a fan of this either. In my experience, it typically does match the radar though. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple is using that info and color coding things differently just to be fancy. They don't need to be reinventing the wheel here. Just use the standard radar colors and differentiate if it's rain, snow, or ice.