Weathergraph app iconWeathergraph

Weather app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch & Mac

Weathergraph weather app showing hour-by-hour forecast graphs on iPhone, Apple Watch, and MacWeathergraph weather app showing hour-by-hour forecast graphs on iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac

See your whole week of weather at a glance

Hour-by-hour forecasts in a single, visual graph.

Temperature, rain, wind, UV, sunshine, clouds, dew point and more.

The intuitive way to know when things will happen, not just what.

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Key Features

Visual weather strip

Up to 7 days of hour-by-hour weather in a single, dense chart. Temperature curve, rain bars, sunshine rays, wind arrows, UV index — all visible at once. Spot patterns and weather windows instantly without scrolling through lists.

"The sheer amount of info you gather visually, just at a glance, is insane." — dirtydishesss

Best-in-class Apple Watch app

Rich graphical complications put weather information right on your watch face. See highs, lows, rain, and wind by raising your wrist. Works standalone on LTE Apple Watch.

"Best in class Apple Watch support… paid lifetime." — Avonguy

Power and customization

Multiple professional weather sources — Foreca, Apple Weather, Open-Meteo, Pirate Weather, NWS. Hundreds of preferences to configure exactly how you like it. Simple at a glance, deep when you need it.

"I love an app with 900 preferences so you can really make it your own." — ATF.

Privacy-first, indie-made

No ads, no tracking, no data harvesting. Built and maintained by a single developer obsessed with weather UX. Frequent updates with new features based on real users' feedback.

"Doesn't store your IP, locations or personal info." — Raechel1919

Built for people who care about weather

Runner checking Weathergraph on iPhone before heading out

Plan your outdoor activities

Planning a run, hike, or bike ride? See the whole week in a single strip — know exactly when the rain passes, the wind drops, or the sun comes out. Find the perfect weather window for your activity.

"Stopped getting caught in surprise showers during training."

Apple Watch showing Weathergraph app with detailed weather graph and nowcast

Raise your wrist, know your day

Weathergraph's large graph complications and widgets show the next hours of temperature, rain and wind at a glance — no taps required. Decide "jacket or not" or "leave now or later" in seconds.

"This is what the Watch should have been doing from day one."

Weathergraph iPhone app showing dense weather graph with multiple metrics

For weather geeks and pros

Swap between forecast models, tune the strip to your variables, and see everything from pressure to cloud layers. NWS spotters, pilots, sailors, and outdoor pros trust Weathergraph for serious weather use.

"My go-to as a NWS spotter — more accurate than others around the world."

Weathergraph widgets on iPhone home screen

One weather app for home and travel

Users rely on Weathergraph from the US to Europe to Australia. Choose the forecast source that works best for your region — no need to guess which local app to download when traveling.

"Generally more accurate than others I have used." — SoccerGary

Missing Dark Sky?

Many long-time Dark Sky users now call Weathergraph their new home. A familiar strip-style forecast — plus more power, customization, and serious Apple Watch support.

"Great replacement for Dark Sky… never looked back." — Legalnomads

What users say

"The graph is where the real genius comes in. At a simple glance you can see temperature, precipitation, UV, humidity, pressure, clouds, wind speed and direction, and more for an entire week. The sheer amount of information you can gather visually, just at a glance, is insane. After the death of Dark Sky, I thought nothing could ever match it. Well, this app blows Dark Sky out of the water."

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"I have a widget on my iPhone lock screen and another (using a different weather model) on my Apple Watch. This is great as a quick and easy way to see highs/lows, winds, rain, cloud cover, and more at a glance. Using the Modular Ultra watch face, it's easy to view this widget."

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"Most weather apps either give you temp & current conditions, or drown you in detailed forecast data. Weathergraph takes that data and presents it in a fantastic at-a-glance display that lets you not just see but understand upcoming conditions. It's just great."

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"I love the alerts for rain and snow. It's exceptionally accurate with the weather and the different complications are easy to understand. A bonus is that the app doesn't store your IP address, locations or personal info. I really enjoy all of the options for watch faces."

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"Weathergraph allows a lot of customization of the views and themes, and things like temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity and more can be represented in the graph. I love the customization including horizontal and vertical graphs (like Dark Sky used to offer), and there are several data sources available."

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"Weathergraph has the most visually intuitive weather chart that lets you see the most critical information at a glance. It's the only one that has an Apple Watch widget that offers the same intuitive, information-dense graph right on your watch face. You can also configure the graph to show what's most relevant to you."

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Tomas Kafka, Weathergraph developer, in Giant Mountains

Made by an independent developer

I pour my heart into Weathergraph every day.

Your support helps me keep improving the app and pays for the premium weather data that makes it all possible.

Thank you, Tomas

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7-day free trial. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Watch, and Mac.

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Questions & Answers

Getting Started

Here's a quick guide to reading the weather chart:

Legend: How to read Weathergraph's weather graph

How to Read the Charts

Day/Night Sky and Sunshine:
The chart background shows the day/night cycle and sunshine intensity—the brighter the background, the sunnier it is.
Cloudiness:
The top layer shows cloud cover (percentage of sky obscured by clouds).
Sun Glow:
A warm glow above the cloud layer highlights especially sunny periods.
Wind Speed and Direction:
The taller the chart, the stronger the wind.
Arrows indicate wind direction; double arrows indicate gusts.
Temperature:
The main colored chart shows temperature (actual or "feels like," based on your preferences). The dashed line marks the freezing point (0 °C / 32 °F).
Rain/Snow and Precipitation Probability:
The bar chart shows precipitation amount (blue = rain, white = snow), while the light blue area shows precipitation probability (0–100%).
Humidity or Dew Point:
You can display relative humidity (RH) or dew point as a blue dotted line. This also shows the dew point comfort level in forecast details.
Humidity ranges from 0–100%, where two-thirds of the chart height equals 100%. Dew point shares the same scale as temperature.

Apple has made a great step-by-step guide to changing and customizing watchfaces.

App Features

With Pro, Weathergraph checks for upcoming precipitation every 30 minutes using nowcast radar data.

If rain, sleet, or snow is expected within the next 2 hours, you'll see a warning on the widget.

When no specific precipitation is detected yet but there's a greater than 50% chance, Weathergraph displays the probability instead.

Weathergraph nowcast alert and probability

Yes! The Pro version alerts you to upcoming rain or snow based on short-term nowcast data. Make sure Low Power mode is off on your iPhone and Apple Watch, as it disables background updates for all third-party apps.

The "dry" label comes from the dew point comfort scale. In winter, cold air holds very little moisture—so even at 98% relative humidity, there's minimal water vapor in the air, which feels dry (and can leave your skin needing extra hydration).

Here's the comfort scale Weathergraph uses, ranging from pleasant at 12 °C to uncomfortable at 25 °C and above:

Weathergraph dew point comfort scale

If you would like to read more about how this works, Alex has a great article about why dew point is a more useful measure of humidity, especially for runners.

You can adjust how many days appear in the iOS widget by editing the widget settings on your home screen.

1. Long press the widget on the homescreen, select Edit Widget:

iOS widget edit menu

2. Tap Zoom and select the desired chart zoom level:

iOS widget zoom options

3. Get up to 7 days forecast at a glance:

iOS widget showing 7 days

You can adjust how many days appear in the watchOS widget by changing the Chart Zoom setting in the watchOS app preferences.

1. Scroll down to Preferences in the watchOS app:

watchOS app Preferences

2. Scroll down to the Widgets section:

watchOS Preferences - Widgets section

3. In the Chart zoom setting, pick Week:

watchOS Chart zoom setting
watchOS Chart zoom options

The result:

watchOS widget showing a week

These widgets show the current temperature (or precipitation) plus the min/max range for the next 24 hours—not today's calendar day.

Why? Weather APIs only provide forecasts starting from "now." If today's coldest moment was at 6 AM and it's already noon, that data is gone—we can't show you a minimum that already happened.

I tried storing past minimums from earlier forecasts, but it got confusing quickly. Imagine driving through mountains and your widget shows "today's low: -5°C" from a mountain pass you crossed at dawn, even though it's 15°C where you are now. Not helpful!

The simpler, more useful approach: show what's coming in the next 24 hours. After all, you want to know if it'll get cold tonight—not what happened while you were sleeping.

Troubleshooting

This is a known iOS and watchOS bug where widgets stop updating. Technically, the widget system loses track of the file it uses to store widget data.

The reliable fix is to restart your device—either turn it off and back on, or use a force restart.

I reported this to Apple in iOS 17/watchOS 10. It reappeared (less frequently) in iOS 18.1/watchOS 11.1, and is significantly improved in iOS 18.2 and watchOS 11.2.

Please check Weathergraph's location permissions:

iPhone

  1. Open Settings on your iPhone, go to Privacy & SecurityLocation ServicesWeathergraph
  2. Set the permission to Always (enables background updates and alerts) or at least While Using the App or Widgets (updates only when the system refreshes widgets)

Watch

  1. Open Settings, scroll down and go to Privacy & SecurityLocation ServicesWeathergraph
  2. Set the permission to Always for background updates and alerts to work. If the options are grayed out, set the permission on your iPhone instead.

Make sure Low Power mode is off. When enabled, it disables background updates for all third-party apps, preventing Weathergraph from refreshing weather data.

If Low Power mode is already off, try restarting your device.

If the widgets still don't update, please send me the debug logs and we will look into what is happening - thank you!

Please check your location permissions in SettingsWeathergraphLocation.

If it's set to anything other than Always, please select Always.

Also make sure Low Power mode is off—it disables background updates for all third-party apps.

Please choose Allow While Using the App in the permission dialog. Weathergraph needs your location to show accurate weather (it's never shared with third parties—see our privacy policy). If you chose "Allow Once," the app will ask again each time.

To update permissions: open Settings → scroll to Weathergraph → tap Location → select While Using the App.

The Always location permission (needed for background complication updates) gets reset during iOS or watchOS updates.

Apple likely does this to prevent apps from tracking you indefinitely, but frequent minor security updates have been triggering this reset more often than intended.

I've suggested to Apple (rdar://FB9733269) that this should only happen with major updates (e.g., 8.0, 8.1), not minor security patches—but for now, it affects all updates.

If you swipe apps away from the task switcher on iOS or quit apps on Mac, they can no longer update in the background until you open them again.

Please keep Weathergraph running—it's designed to use minimal resources.

This is a rare issue in iOS 17 and watchOS 10 that appears to be fixed in iOS 18 and watchOS 11. If you're on an older version, updating your device should resolve it.

Restarting your device can also fix this issue.

This is caused by Apple's migration to a newer watch app format—something developers have little control over. The Apple developer forum thread explains the technical details, but essentially the migration sometimes caches the wrong app extension identifier, breaking complications.

Solution: Remove all Weathergraph complications from all watch faces at once (this forces watchOS to clear its cached complication data), then add them back.

If you find a better workaround, I'd love to hear about it!

On the iPhone and Mac:

  1. Go to Preferences → scroll down → tap Debug
  2. Tap Upload logs
  3. Send the 5-digit code that appears to support@tomaskafka.com

On the watch:

  1. Scroll to the bottom of the app and tap the gray version text
  2. On the debug screen, tap Upload logs
  3. Send the 5-digit code that appears to support@tomaskafka.com

Thank you!

Subscription Management

On the iPhone:

Tap the Preference button (bottom right) → tap Get Pro or Manage purchases → tap Restore purchases.

On the watch:

Scroll down in the app → tap Get Pro → tap Restore purchases.

Go to Settings[your name]Subscriptions → select Weathergraph and choose your preferred plan. Here is Apple's guide.

  1. Cancel the existing subscription first:
    Go to Settings[your name]Subscriptions → select Weathergraph → cancel the subscription (see Apple's guide).
  2. In Weathergraph's Manage my subscription screen:
    Select the Forever option and confirm.

Here is Apple's guide: Manage App Store purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions on iPhone

Quick steps:

  1. Open the App Store on your iPhone
  2. Tap your profile icon (top right) → Subscriptions
  3. View, change, or cancel any active or expired subscriptions

If your subscription appears but Pro features aren't working:

Open Weathergraph → scroll down → tap Check Pro → scroll down → tap Restore Purchases.

No problem! Here's Apple's guide to requesting refunds.

Developers can't issue refunds directly, but Apple's process is quick and requests are usually approved promptly.

If you have a moment, I'd appreciate a quick email at support@tomaskafka.com letting me know what didn't work for you—it helps me improve Weathergraph. Thank you!

Family Sharing isn't available because subscription revenue covers weather data costs. While sharing between two people would be fine, Apple families can include up to six people with multiple devices each (watches, phones, tablets, Macs). With regular background updates for widgets and complications, data costs could easily exceed subscription revenue.

Moodistory has a great simple guide.

After redeeming, open Weathergraph on your iPhone, Mac, or iPad → go to the payment screen → scroll down → tap Restore Purchases.

Apple Watch purchases sync automatically when near your iPhone—no need to restore on the watch.

If restore fails on Mac, try deleting and reinstalling Weathergraph.

Requested Features

Currently, Weathergraph shows weather for your current location only. Multiple locations with favorites for quick access is in development.

Not yet, but government weather alerts are on the roadmap.

Air quality is on the roadmap. I already have data sources lined up and plan to add this feature.

It's complicated due to Apple's current limitations.

Live Activities can only be started when the app is open. For example, Uber can start one when you request a ride, but apps can't start them from the background.

The ideal scenario—Weathergraph automatically starting a Live Activity when rain is approaching—isn't possible under current rules.

A workaround would be sending a notification asking you to open the app, which then starts the Live Activity—but that feels too clunky.

If Apple enables background-initiated Live Activities, I'll revisit this. Until then, I'm focusing on other high-priority features.

I'd love to add more languages! The forecast text engine is currently built around English grammar. Making it language-agnostic is planned but will take significant effort.

Not in the near term. Radar data is significantly more expensive than forecast data, and the existing Rainbow.ai nowcast source is already using a dense worldwide array of weather radars to provide high-resolution precipitation tracking.

I have also added a link that opens webview with local radar apps.