Get more out of the great outdoors

Downloaded by more than 4 million people so far, our iPhone app gives easy access to the most up to date and accurate, local weather forecasts and warnings, 24 hours a day, wherever you are in the UK.

It has also been nominated for a number of industry awards.

The app, developed for the Met Office by Mubaloo, has recently won best app of 2012 at the Sparkies Awards.

Key features of the Met Office iPhone weather app

• Free to download
• Up to date weather forecasts from the UK's National Weather Service
• Access to the latest severe weather warnings for your area
• Regularly updated with the latest information
• At a glance five day forecast
• Three-hourly location forecasts
• 5,000 locations to choose from with multiple favourites
• Social media sharing so you can share forecasts with friends and family via Facebook, Twitter and email
• UV forecast maps

Available free of charge

The Met Office iPhone weather app is available free of charge from the Apple app store.

The app gives you three hourly forecasts for today and up to five days ahead. In addition to the likelihood of rain or snow, sunshine, cloud coverage and temperature, it gives the 'feels-like' temperature - ideal if it's 10 °C but will actually feel like 3 °C when you account for the wind chill factor!

Accurate, easy to read and simple to use, the app also updates automatically so it's always displaying the latest forecast information (reflecting our hourly updates behind the scenes).

Stay safe

The iPhone app also gives you access to Met Office severe weather warnings for your neighbourhood, enabling you to see the area affected and view details of the warning including whether it is a yellow, amber or red warning and advice on the steps you should take.

A mix of text and icons advise you of the percentage chance of rain, whether it's light drizzle, heavy rain or thundery showers; if it's partly cloudy, or if there'll be sunny intervals, sleet, fog, hail, or heavy snow; and even lets you know the sunrise and sunset times and if it will be a clear sky at night. For summer the UV forecast map is really useful and the index even advises on what sort of sun protection you need.

5,000 UK locations

There are approximately 5,000 UK locations available, so you can check out the local weather near you, get a forecast for where you are using geolocation, and save multiple favourite locations - perhaps family and friends or weekend haunts. Simply swipe the screen to change or add a location. You can even choose places of interest, such as the National Trust, youth hostels, national parks, beaches, sports and outdoor recreation, including football grounds, racecourses, golf clubs, show grounds and theme parks.

Up to 30-day written forecasts

Get a five day view of the weather or for more detail, tap a day and view the three-hourly forecast. You can use the map view to pan and zoom for more detailed regional information. There's also the option for 6 to 30-day written forecasts which give a more general overview of what the weather will be doing over a longer timescale.

Support

If you have any questions or comments about the service, or you are experiencing any problems, please contact us.

Terms and conditions

The use of this service is subject to Met Office terms and conditions.