kWx 4+

lightweight Weather server

Sean Brennan

    • 3.0 • 1 Rating
    • $0.99

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Description

Text-only weather.gov app that skips talking to third parties. Maximize your privacy! Forecast location can be different from Airport location. US, CA, MX stations.

Minimize bandwidth and eliminate third-party data collection by directly asking official NOAA weather stations, which include many Canadian stations.

kWx retrieves data directly from weather.gov. Get the current conditions and temperature for most airports and then get the 7-day text forecast for those stations, or offset the forecast location from the weather station, e.g. use KSJC (San Jose) for current temperature but set the latitude and longitude of Cupertino for the 7-day forecast. This is how NOAA reports the weather for any location. On the list page a station that has an asterisk means the forecast location is different from the weather station or you can rename that station to the actual location.

On the Add station screen you can click the "Edit Location/Lat/Lon" button and using your favorite mapping app you can enter in the location for where you want the forecast to be from as well as naming the station. Find Station button links to new page that allows you to see all the stations for each State and Canadian Province. If the corrected lat/lon offset is within 0.02 degrees the asterisk is omitted.

Most stations are K+ Airport Locator (e.g. KORD), but Alaska/Hawaii begin with PA/PH, and Canadian stations begin with C. Many Canadian stations are C+Airport Locator (e.g. CYVR for Vancouver) but others begin CW, CX and CZ. In-app lookup for both US and Canadian weather stations. You can add/ rearrange /subtract from the list. Because the NOAA data aren't updated that often there is a 25 minute time-out before a new update is requested. If the "current" observation is more than 2 hours old the temperature and weather data are presented but are grayed-out. Canada doesn't support point-forecasts using lat/lon as NOAA does but has a web page for getting text forecasts for regions within each Province.
You can refresh the weather data prior to the normal 25 minute delay by clicking on the "Refresh" quick-action button on the home screen. Just long-press the app icon (as you would to rearrange the icons on the home screen).
If available the Heat Index (combination of temperature and humidity) is presented. A heat index below 105F is in yellow, below 125F in orange, above that in red.

~40 Mexican stations have been added, all start with MM rather than K (US) or C(Canada). No forecast for the Mexican stations, just current weather.

The app requires iOS 14

What’s New

Version 2.37

Fixed a font issue with the iPad version which made the station name invisible.

Ratings and Reviews

3.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

V. Marcil ,

Was better before.

With todaysudate when viewing this in horizontal mde te weather report stays small is letter size. To me that doesn't make sence.

Why fix something that isn't broke.

That is why i gaventhis application three star rating.

The application is still the same. Turn the screen sideways and one still can see the favoured airport abbreviations and te weather report lettering is still small. Should be reverted back to how the display was before any of te last updates.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the review! I believe that bug is fixed. Please download the latest version (V1.75) and let me know if that is true.

App Privacy

The developer, Sean Brennan, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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