BEST WEATHER APPS FOR iPHONE AND iPAD

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CARROT Weather

Dark Sky

Hello Weather

(Not Boring) Weather

Weather by Tomorrow.io

Weather Underground: Local Map

There’s a line of thinking that weather forecasts are redundant. Just look out of the window! But that only works for about 10 minutes into the future. As everyone who’s marched out of the door wearing a T-shirt and subsequently been drenched will attest, longer-term forecasts are handy things.

These days, you needn’t rely on newspapers or the TV to help you plan: you can put a meteorologist in your pocket. Not literally, obviously… we’re referring to weather apps. Apple provides one in the form of the imaginatively named Weather, but search the App Store and you’ll find a range of third-party alternatives.

This round-up explores why you might look further afield. The apps on test provide rich feature sets, customisation and unique interfaces that