Weather Channel

The Weather Channel is a consumer weather service run through weather.com. Its homepage opens on today's forecast for a chosen place, showing wind, humidity, dew point, pressure, UV index, visibility, moon phase and sunrise and sunset times. Around that sit hourly and 10-day forecasts, radar, an air quality index, an allergy tracker and a health and activities section. The site carries advertising and offers a sign-in.

The footer credits The Weather Company, LLC, and the terms of use name that company, together with its affiliates, as the contracting entity, with a copyright address in Brookhaven, Georgia. The terms also cover paid subscriptions, but the text we read lists no prices. It is a media-style weather destination rather than a developer data product, and the pages say little about the phone apps themselves.

• Daily conditions panel. The forecast for a chosen place lists wind, humidity, dew point, pressure, UV index, visibility, moon phase and sunrise and sunset times. That is more detail than a temperature and icon, though the pages do not explain where the readings come from.
• Hourly and 10-day forecasts. Two forecast horizons are linked from the homepage: an hour-by-hour view and a ten-day outlook. They cover planning an afternoon and planning a week, but the pages we read give no accuracy statement for either.
• Radar. Radar is listed among the main sections of the homepage. The text we read does not say how often the imagery refreshes, how far back it plays or whether any layers are limited to signed-in users.
• Air quality index. An air quality index sits beside the weather sections, which helps anyone sensitive to pollution check conditions in the same place. The pages do not name the measurement network or the scale behind the figures.
• Allergy tracker. A dedicated allergy tracker appears on the homepage next to a health and activities section. Together they extend the product from forecasts into daily-life guidance, though the pages do not describe which pollen types are covered.
• Sign-in and privacy settings. The homepage offers a sign-in option and links to data rights pages, privacy settings and a Trust Center at trust.weather.com. Those pages are where a visitor would look to manage personal data choices.
• Paid subscriptions in the terms. Section 7 of the terms of use covers paid subscriptions, automatic renewal, free trials and bundles. Each subscription is for one individual user. The sections we read name no plan, no price and no list of paid features.

• A commuter checking the day ahead. The hourly view and the daily conditions panel let a commuter see wind, UV index and timing before leaving. Radar sits one link away. The pages do not describe notification or alert settings.
• A person with hay fever. The allergy tracker, the air quality index and the health section are all on the homepage. That puts pollution and allergy information next to the forecast, although the pages do not say how finely the data is localised.
• A household planning a week. The 10-day forecast supports planning outdoor activities, and sunrise, sunset and moon phase cover simple daylight questions. Anyone expecting a published accuracy figure or a data licence for commercial use will not find one in the text we read.

The pages we read describe the website rather than a setup procedure. The homepage shows a forecast for a chosen place straight away, with no sign-in needed to read it, and offers a sign-in option for those who want an account.

The homepage does not state which app platforms are supported and names no app publisher beyond the copyright line, so anyone who wants a phone app should check the store listing for the publisher name before installing. Privacy choices are handled through the data rights and privacy settings pages linked from the homepage and the Trust Center. We saw no onboarding guide, no import step and no developer sign-up on the pages read.

The Weather Company, LLC, active in the United States according to its terms, runs weather.com with hourly and ten-day forecasts, radar, an air quality index, an allergy tracker and health sections.

The homepage carries advertising. Section 7 of the terms covers paid subscriptions, automatic renewal and trials, limits each subscription to one individual user, and shows no prices. App platforms are not named on the homepage.

Weather Channel is entry #12 of 12 in the weather apps list: only Buienradar ranks higher in the list, and nothing follows it. Challengers hold places 1 to 3 where a category has them; the number here is a place in the order, not a mark out of ten.

Weather Channel is based in the United States; 1 of the 12 products here share its region, North America.

In the catalogue: Advertising on the site; paid subscriptions covered in the terms, no prices in the text read.

The pages we read list no prices. The homepage carries advertising, which is how reading the forecast is paid for on the open site. Section 7 of the terms of use covers paid subscriptions, automatic renewal, free trials and bundles, and states that each subscription is for one individual user. The text does not name the subscription tiers, the amounts, the billing period or what a paying user receives beyond the absence of what the terms describe. Because automatic renewal is mentioned, anyone who starts a paid subscription or a trial should read the renewal and cancellation wording in the terms first. No business, team or data-licence pricing appears in the pages read, so organisations that need weather data for commercial use would have to ask the company.

Read from weather.com when Best Weather Apps in 2026 was last reviewed (13 November 2026).

Today's page lists wind, humidity, dew point, pressure, UV index, visibility, moon phase and sunrise and sunset.

Data rights and privacy settings pages link from the footer to a Trust Center.

As a large corporate publisher it ranks last for independence in this guide, not for the breadth of what it shows.

The terms of use name The Weather Company, LLC as the contracting entity, acting together with its affiliates, and give a copyright address in Brookhaven, GA 30319, USA. The terms state that the company is established and active in the United States.

The homepage links to data rights pages, privacy settings and a Trust Center at trust.weather.com, which is where privacy and security statements are kept. The pages we read do not list certifications, data residency or retention periods. Because the site carries advertising, anyone concerned about tracking should read the privacy settings pages before accepting cookies or signing in.

Integrations the vendor names (9):

• Web browser
• Sign-in account
• Trust Center
• Privacy settings
• Data rights requests
• Radar
• Air quality index
• Allergy tracker
• Advertising

These are the nearest neighbours of Weather Channel in the same list, picked on shared traits and price model.

• Weawow (#2 of 12): Ad-free forecast app from Tokyo that also sells weather photographs.
• Foreca (#5 of 12): Forecast site with a 15-day view, calendar feed and weather API.
• Yr (#9 of 12): Norwegian broadcaster and met institute forecasts for ten million places. Suits: Travellers and developers wanting open data with clear etiquette rules. (Norway)
• Meteo-France (#10 of 12): Not for: buyers needing an app description with platforms and tiers stated. French national weather service with vigilance alerts and 15-day forecasts.

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 12 November 2026.

• weather.com: forecast contents, sections, advertising, sign-in, footer, privacy links, platform silence
• trust.weather.com/nl-NL/privacy/terms-of-use: contracting entity, Brookhaven address, United States establishment, section 7 subscriptions
• weather.com: data rights, privacy settings and Trust Center links
• weather.com: additional page context

Feature lists tell little, so positions rest on setup effort, the true price, portability and fit. Here that gives Weather Channel the #12 position in a list of 12. The editorial process sets out how facts are gathered and how commercial links are handled.