| Accuweather |
There are lots of weather apps that provide detailed forecasts, including the Weather Channel app and WeatherBug, but Accuweather has the cleanest design of the traditional weather apps while still providing radar maps, daily forecasts and metrological data.
The background of the app changes according to the forecast outside, and it also translates the weather into dummy terms. For instance, 95 and 55 percent humidity is translated into: "today is a poor day for outdoor fitness." It also has a neat rating system, informing you if the weather is low, fair or excellent for dog walking, hair frizz risk and barbecuing.
The Android version is particularly good; it provides a nice selection of resizable homescreen widgets.
| Solar |
But sometimes you just want to do away with all the clutter of forecast grids, radars and the abundance of numbers for a really clean and simple design that just tells you the temperature and 24-hour forecast.
Solar is mostly eye-candy with the 24-hour weather information you need. The brightly colored iPhone app shows just the current temperature and weather at launch, but hold down and drag up on the screen and it will cycle through what it will look like minute-by-minute for the next 24 hours. Pinch in on the screen and you can add multiple locations. No, it's not the most informative app out there, but sometimes all you want is some simplicity.
| Yahoo Weather |
Yahoo, on the other hand, gives you the eye-candy and the information. Available for the iPhone and Android, the newly redesigned app pulls in Flickr images to match the weather and time of day at your location. Swipe up and you'll get more detailed information, including a five-day forecast, a radar map (only available for iPhone), and sun and moon information. Of all the apps featured in this article and the video above, Yahoo's app has become the app I check most often.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/best-weather-apps-iphone-android-yahoo-weather-dark/story?id=19698242
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