How Dark Sky users can use the Apple Weather app
Dark Sky’s features have been integrated into Apple Weather. Apple Weather offers hyperlocal forecasts for your current location, including next-hour precipitation, hourly forecasts for the next 10 days, high-resolution radar and notifications.
Apple Weather is available on devices running iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 Ventura. To download Apple Weather, go to the App Store and search for the app by name.
Support for the Dark Sky API ended on 31 March 2023, and has been replaced by Apple’s WeatherKit API. Developers can use WeatherKit in apps with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16 and watchOS 9 or higher with a platform-specific Swift API, and on any other platform with a REST API. Find out more about WeatherKit.
Get down-to-the-minute precipitation forecasts
Apple Weather forecasts precipitation at your location for the next hour down to the minute. This is available as a chart, a high-resolution map overlay and notifications. Available for some countries and regions.
View the hourly forecast for the next 10 days
Forecasted weather conditions include temperature, precipitation amounts, humidity, dew point, wind speed, barometric pressure, Feels Like temperature and visibility. To view hourly forecasts, tap a condition in the location view or tap a day and select the condition you want to view.
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Use full screen, high-resolution weather maps
Apple Weather provides a variety of overlays, including precipitation, air quality and temperature. While precipitation and temperature overlays are available globally, high-resolution next-hour precipitation and air quality are limited to certain countries and regions. In the location view, tap the map to expand it.
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Receive hyperlocal weather forecasts
Apple Weather forecasts are hyperlocal, down to 0.001° of latitude and longitude. This resolution is used to generate a forecast for not just your town, but also your nearby streets. It can also notify you when precipitation will start, down to the minute.
You can even search and save your favourite locations. In the bottom right-hand corner of the app, tap the location list button to start.
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Get severe weather alerts with notifications
Apple Weather sends notifications for government-issued severe weather alerts and next-hour precipitation for your current location or any location you’ve added. To manage these notifications, tap the menu button in the right-hand corner of the location list view, then tap Notifications.
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Send feedback
If you have any questions about the Weather app or suggestions for improvement, use our feedback portal to send your feedback.
