Consumer weather apps
Weather apps and forecast tools that turn raw forecast data into simpler, more visual, or activity-specific guidance such as comfort scores, outfit and laundry advice, training windows, surf, pool and UV forecasts.
Built for: Everyday weather checkers and outdoor enthusiasts
Projects since May 04
134
Different builders
127
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+6%
AI is the core
3.0%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (44%), mobile app (42%), desktop app (6.0%) · from r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/IMadeThis, r/ShowYourApp
Latest
- Wingfoilscout — Ranks European wingfoiling spots by forecast wind, tides, thermals and drive time, and writes a session report with suggested wing sizes.“Wingfoilscout – a local app that ranks where the wind is worth the drive (feedback welcome)”
- LocalRainfall.com and LocalSnowfall.com — Shows recent rain or snow totals for a U.S. ZIP code using NOAA/NWS data, with monthly, yearly and nearby station figures.“I built a simple site to answer: How much rain or snow did we get?”
- UVShield — Sends live UV index alerts and sunscreen reapplication reminders.“UVShield: UVIndex & Sunscreen Looking for Feedback”
- skiinfoapp — Combines ski resort slope maps, run steepness details and weather forecasts in one free website.“I love skiing, so I made a free site with slope maps”
- Delivers current weather, forecasts, severe weather alerts, and web search results over SMS text messages.“I made a SMS based weather tool”
- XWeather — Shows current weather and a 7-day forecast using Open-Meteo data, with a Conky desktop widget.“1.0 Release | XWeather”
- Nimbus Weather — Shows weather forecasts, radar, and optional health and pollen insights in a privacy-focused, ad-free app.“Nimbus Weather: 100% Free Core + Optional Pro”
- Should You Surf — Scores surf conditions for a location and skill level to say whether a session is worth paddling out.“A surf scorer app”
- Weather Stylist Bot — Recommends an outfit in a Telegram chat based on the live weather at the user's location.“Weather Stylist Bot — Telegram bot suggesting outfits based on real-time weather (Python, Gemini AI)”
- Tempestarium — Displays a pixel-art scene with user-selected weather, lighting and time of day that evolves as background atmosphere.“I made Tempestarium, a little pixel-art ambient weather app”
- SurfStatus — Scores surf conditions hour by hour for beaches worldwide and explains each score, with skill-level and board-specific ratings.“I built a surf forecast that tells you when to go, and exactly why”
- surfingen — Gives a plain surf verdict for each beach on the Turkish coast using forecast data.“Beginner surfer in Turkey. Apps kept sending me to flat water, so I built my own forecast”
- EdgeLight — Shows an hour-by-hour 24-hour forecast as colored lights along the edge of an Android phone screen via a live wallpaper.“I built an ambient weather display for my wall, then turned the same idea into a Android live wallpaper”
- Weather Guardian — Sends weather alerts that the user configures with their own conditions.“I built Weather Guardian, an Android weather app that lets you set your own weather alerts”
- Halfstop — Shows sunrise, sunset, moon, golden hour, aurora, Milky Way and weather forecasts for any map location, plus topo maps and public land overlays.“I made a field guide for photographers: Halfstop”
- Top Down Drive — Plans road trips with weather forecasts matched to estimated arrival times, suggests alternate routes around rain, and shows departure windows and a radar timeline.“I built a road trip weather planner that suggests alternate routes to dodge the rain (Top Down Drive)”
- Skyward — Shows hourly, daily and long-range weather forecasts with reliability estimates and a record of how past forecasts performed.“I built Skyward because most weather apps stop too early”
- Renders a stylised weather system with rain, lightning, storms and ocean waves for a fishing and exploration game.“Weather system in a game I made with AI”
- Spotties — Lets kitesurfers create or join sessions, discover spots, and check live wind conditions to find who else is riding.“550+ kiters later, we're going native! Looking for a few Android testers”
- GRIMLIFE — Simulates dynamic weather in an open-world survival RPG game.“Dynamic Weather System”
Most discussed
- Farmland Atlas — Scores millions of places on Earth for farmland viability through 2100 across climate scenarios, showing climate, water, soil, hazards, governance and likely crops for any clicked location.“I built a map that scores every place on Earth for how farmable it'll be in 2100”
- Deconstruct Sun — Captures a panoramic skyline, traces trees and buildings, and estimates direct-sun hours to produce a PDF site report.“Deconstruct Sun – An iPhone app for documenting and analyzing site sunlight”
- Renders a stylised weather system with rain, lightning, storms and ocean waves for a fishing and exploration game.“Weather system in a game I made with AI”
- lastminutesun.ai — Finds nearby destinations with sunny weather for a weekend trip.“Just vibecoded a website that finds nearby sun for a weekend trip. It's called lastminutesun.ai”
- Spotties — Lets kitesurfers create or join sessions, discover spots, and check live wind conditions to find who else is riding.“550+ kiters later, we're going native! Looking for a few Android testers”
- Total Weather — Shows weather forecasts combined from multiple weather data providers.“How to attract your first users to your app?”
- skiinfoapp — Combines ski resort slope maps, run steepness details and weather forecasts in one free website.“I love skiing, so I made a free site with slope maps”
- Quiet Sky — Shows weather forecasts, radar, and air quality on Android while routing requests through a proxy that strips identifying information before reaching forecast providers.“I built Quiet Sky, a truly private, beautiful weather app because weather apps shouldn't spy on you.”
- Scores hourly weather forecasts to tell users when to hang laundry outside and when to bring it in.“Built a weather app that tells you exactly when to hang laundry and when to collect it — with hourly forecasts and a laundry score.”
- Solis: Home Sun Tracker — Calculates direct sunlight hours for each window using phone GPS and compass, and maps sunlight room by room across a home.“I built an app that maps sunlight room by room in any home using your phone's GPS and compass, Solis: Home Sun Tracker”