Gone are the days of simple weather apps that merely predict tomorrow’s weather and instead today there is a world of innovative weather apps that are truly shaping everything from the logistics of global companies right through to the strategies of emergency aid charities. Read more about this on our blog at: http://blog.apixu.com/2015/08/taking-weather-online-into-the-21st-century/

1. TAKIING WEATHER ONLINE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY:

2. What’s this about?
Gone are the days of simple weather apps that merely predict tomorrow’s weather and
instead today there is a world of innovative weather apps that are truly shaping everything
from the logistics of global companies right through to the strategies of emergency aid
charities.
With such a breadth of different weather apps, and with technology and APIs that are always
advancing, here we wanted to highlight just what it means to be a weather app developer in
the 21st century.
WHAT’S THIS ABOUT

3. NO MORE UNRELIABLE
DATA:
In the earliest days of weather app development (back when Smartphones were just starting
out and distinctly the underdogs in an Apple dominated market) the options for weather data
were seriously restricted. Today however there is a plethora of weather APIs from which to
choose with ever more reliable data as well as always advancing features.
If we take a look at our own API to highlight this, we can see that nowadays forecasts even ten
days ahead can be seriously reliable, which is then backed up by fast, efficient and always up-to-
date data delivery and a range of upcoming features (such as Historical weather actuals,
Analytics API and a Map Layer API which will empower our users further).

4. FEATURES BEYOND WEATHER
FORECASTS:
– Wind direction
– Local forecasts
– Emergency alerts
– Dynamic backgrounds
– Hazards
– Cloud coverage
– Satellite images
– Integration with other features that truly work the weather into everyday lives
(through features such as clock, calendar and route planner integration).

5. 21ST CENTURY WEATHER
APPS:
1. Weather Extreme (iOS)
Weather Extreme is a seriously comprehensive app for iPhone and iPad. It includes
beautifully detailed retina graphics and features all of the everyday weather
forecasts, as well as 3D earth integration and the use of the handset’s clocks and
calendars to plan ahead, whatever the weather.
2. Weather Live (iOS)
Weather Live is an app that has focused upon the beauty of weather forecast
presentation. It opts for a fresh, clean interface over and above the extensive
weather data that apps such as Weather Extreme serve up.
3. Simple Weather Alert (Android)
The Simple Weather Alert app for Android doesn’t pretend to be focused on being
pretty, and instead provides functional weather alerts with sufficient, up-to-date
details to keep the user constantly informed.

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Taking weather online into the 21st century.