Everything WeatherAI does for free
Most of WeatherAI costs nothing: the official National Weather Service forecast, alerts loud enough to wake you for a tornado warning, an Apple Watch app, live radar, and the specialist data weather enthusiasts go looking for.
No account
Nothing to sign up for. Open the app and it works.
No credit card
The free tier never asks for payment details.
No trial clock
Free does not expire. Subscriptions start only if you choose one.
The free things people don't expect
These are the parts of WeatherAI that weather apps most often put behind a subscription.
The official NWS forecast
Make the National Weather Service's own point forecast your main forecast, anywhere in the U.S. and its territories, with the forecaster's written day and night narratives. Apple Weather and WeatherAI Forecast, our multi-model blend with up to 15 days of detail, are free too.
Critical Alerts
Turn them on and the most dangerous warnings sound through silent mode and Focus on iPhone and iPad: tornado warnings, flash flood emergencies, extreme wind warnings, and tsunami warnings in the U.S., and tornado and tsunami warnings in Canada. Off until you choose.
An Apple Watch app
Current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and active alerts on your wrist, with seven complications. It keeps working when your iPhone is somewhere else.
Official alerts in more than 25 countries
Warnings from the U.S. National Weather Service, Canada, the U.K. Met Office, and Meteoalarm in seven European countries, plus alerts from Apple Weather's alert service for many more, shown in the app.
Live radar, including our own
Animate and scrub recent radar, with WeatherAI's own Global Precipitation layer blending satellite rain estimates with radar, and a next-hour precipitation graph for the contiguous U.S. and border areas.
The specialist hubs
Hurricane tracking from the National Hurricane Center, a severe weather hub, earthquakes, volcanoes, wildfires, rivers, tides, buoys, airport METARs and TAFs, and space weather.
The whole free tier
The same list the app's own plan comparison uses.
✅ Conversational AI
Ask weather questions in plain language and get an answer back. The free tier includes 20 chat messages a month.
✅ Choose Your Forecast
Apple Weather through WeatherKit, or WeatherAI Forecast, a multi-model blend with up to 15 days of hourly and daily detail. Both forecast for your location or any place you save. In the U.S. and its territories, you can also take the official National Weather Service forecast.
✅ Live Radar
Live precipitation radar you can animate and scrub back through recent frames, including WeatherAI's own Global Precipitation layer (satellite rain estimates blended with radar over the U.S. and Europe), plus a next-hour precipitation graph in 2-minute steps for the contiguous U.S. and border areas.
✅ Official Weather Alerts
Warnings from the U.S. National Weather Service, the Meteorological Service of Canada, the U.K. Met Office, and Meteoalarm across parts of Europe, plus alerts shown in the app for a number of other countries through Apple Weather's alert service. On iPhone and iPad, opt-in Critical Alerts sound through silent mode and Focus for the most dangerous warnings: tornado warnings, flash flood emergencies, extreme wind warnings, and tsunami warnings in the U.S., and tornado and tsunami warnings in Canada. Other pushed alerts arrive as standard notifications. Apple Weather alerts for other countries are shown in the app only, with no notification.
✅ Severe & Tropical Hubs
Follow active and emerging U.S. severe weather, plus National Hurricane Center storm tracks, cones, and watches through the season.
✅ National Weather Service Hub
The official U.S. forecast from your local office: the latest station observation, hourly and extended forecasts, nearby stations, and products such as the Area Forecast Discussion and Hazardous Weather Outlook.
✅ SPC & WPC Discussions
Convective and fire outlooks, mesoscale discussions, storm reports, and Weather Prediction Center precipitation guidance.
✅ Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Wildfires
USGS and EMSC seismic data, U.S. volcano activity status, and active wildfire maps with perimeters and incident detail.
✅ Rivers, Tides & Buoys
River gauges with observed levels, flood stages, and NWS crest forecasts, tide predictions and charts, and coastal buoy observations. Turn on the River & Buoy Conditions card in Customize Home to see gauges near you.
✅ METARs & TAFs
Decoded airport observations and forecasts where available, with station search, map, and favorites.
✅ Space Weather
Solar activity, geomagnetic conditions, and aurora information from NOAA SWPC.
✅ Air Quality
AQI and pollutant breakdowns across the 50 U.S. states and Canada. Standard and Pro extend the same detail worldwide.
✅ Atmospheric Rivers
A Home card when an atmospheric river is underway or due within 7 days on the U.S. West Coast, in British Columbia, or in southeast Alaska, rated 1 to 5. WeatherAI computes these from NOAA model data; they are not an official NOAA product.
✅ Saved Locations
Keep the places you follow, and get official alerts for up to 10 of them alongside your current location.
✅ Widgets
Put current conditions or the daily forecast on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
✅ Apple Watch App
Conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and active alerts on your wrist, with seven complications for your watch face. It works without your iPhone nearby.
The honest part: the free tier has ads
That is how the free tier pays for itself. Standard removes the ads and adds unlimited AI chat, the AI summary on Home, and AI precipitation alerts. Pro adds three more forecast sources and professional radar, satellite, and storm data.
Compare Free, Standard, and ProFrequently Asked Questions
Is WeatherAI really free?
Yes. WeatherAI is free to download, and the free tier includes forecasts from three sources, live radar, official weather alerts, Critical Alerts, the severe and tropical hubs, specialist data such as earthquakes, rivers and aviation weather, widgets, and the Apple Watch app. Standard and Pro are optional subscriptions that add more.
Do I need an account to use WeatherAI?
No. There is no account and no sign-in, and the free tier never asks for a credit card.
Does the free version have ads?
Yes, the free tier shows ads. A Standard or Pro subscription removes them.
Is there a free trial?
There is no trial, because the free tier does not expire. You can use it for as long as you like and subscribe only if you want what Standard or Pro add.
Does WeatherAI work outside the United States?
Yes. Apple Weather and WeatherAI Forecast cover the world, and official alerts come from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and seven European countries through Meteoalarm, with Apple Weather alerts shown in the app for many more countries. The National Weather Service forecast, Critical Alerts, and the next-hour precipitation graph are specific to North America.
What do Standard and Pro add?
Standard removes ads and adds unlimited AI chat, the AI summary on Home, AI next-hour precipitation and precipitation alerts in the contiguous U.S. and border areas, global air quality detail, aviation and lightning layers, and custom notifications. Pro adds three more forecast sources, NEXRAD Level 3 radar, MRMS, satellite imagery, lightning detection, storm tracks, and soundings.
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