Despite the proliferation of paid weather apps that promise more accurate forecasts and advanced features, the iPhone’s built-in weather app provides a wide range of useful tools for free, without the need for subscriptions or ads.
The application gives users the ability to follow weather conditions directly from the main screen via smart widgets, which display current temperatures and daily forecasts, with the possibility of customizing them to different locations such as home or workplace.
The application also allows monitoring air quality through detailed data that includes pollution levels, potential health risks, and the most prominent pollutants in the air, in addition to interactive maps to monitor air quality in multiple regions.
The application also provides instant alerts regarding severe weather conditions or the possibility of rain within the next hour, which helps users prepare for climate changes before they occur.
One of the lesser-known features of the application is that the application contains detailed astronomical information, including the phases of the moon and the times of sunrise and sunset and the moon, in addition to a calendar showing the dates of the full moon and new moons throughout the year.
Users can also access more detailed data by clicking on the different cards within the application, which show graphs of temperature, rain forecast, ultraviolet index, wind speed and direction, in addition to interactive maps of weather movement.
Thanks to these features, the weather application built into the iPhone system is an integrated option that meets the daily needs of most users, without the need to download additional applications or pay subscription fees.
