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iPhone User Guide

Check the weather on iPhone

Check the weather for your current location. View the upcoming hourly and 10-day forecast, see severe weather information, and more.

👁 The Weather app showing, from top to bottom: the location, current temperature, the high and low temperatures for the day, hourly forecast, and the first few days of a 10-day forecast. A row of dots at the bottom center represent other locations in the location list. At the bottom-right corner is the Location List button and at the bottom-left corner is the Show Map button.

Note: Some Weather app features—such as severe weather alerts, air quality, next-hour precipitation, and news—aren’t available in all countries and regions. To learn about the data sources for the Weather app, see the Apple Support article Feature availability and data sources in the Weather app.

Before you begin

Weather uses Location Services to get the forecast for your current location. You can turn on Precise Location to increase the accuracy of the forecast.

  1. Go to Settings 👁 Image
     > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Weather.

  2. Turn on Precise Location.

Check the local forecast and conditions

  1. Go to the Weather app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

    The details for your current location are shown. See Learn the weather icons.

    If you don’t see the details for the location you want to know about, tap 👁 the Location List button
    ,     then tap My Location or another location.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Look at different times in the hourly forecast: Swipe the hourly display left or right.

      Note: The air quality scale appears above the hourly forecast when air quality reaches a particular level for that location. For some locations, the air quality scale always appears above the hourly forecast.

    • See chance of precipitation, high and low temperatures, and more: Tap the hourly forecast, then tap 👁 the Chart Condition button
      to change the displayed weather condition.

      Tip: Swipe left to see the same information for the days ahead.

    • See more weather details: Each location’s weather page includes detailed information, including potential severe weather alerts, weather-related news, air quality, UV index, wind, visibility, moon phases, and more.

      To receive notifications about precipitation or certain severe weather events, see Manage weather notifications.

      Tip: Tap the Averages weather detail to see more information about how today’s temperature or precipitation compares to the historical average.

Customize the weather units

You can change the units used in weather data. This includes Fahrenheit or Celsius for temperature, and miles per hour, kilometers per hour, knots, or Beaufort for wind.

  1. Go to the Weather app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap 👁 the Location List button
    .

  3. Tap 👁 the More button
    ,     tap Units, then do any of the following:

    • Change temperature units: Tap Fahrenheit, Celsius, or “Use system setting.”

    • Change wind, precipitation, pressure, or distance units: Tap 👁 the Action Button menu
      next to the current measurement unit, then choose an option.

Send a report about the weather

You can report the weather in your location if it doesn’t match what’s shown in the Weather app.

  1. Go to the Weather app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap 👁 the Location List button
    ,     tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Report an Issue.

  3. Tap the options that best describe the weather conditions in your location, then tap Submit.

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