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Accuweather has a rating of 1.2 stars from 155 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Accuweather most frequently mention pop ups, hourly forecast, and many ads problems. Accuweather ranks 50th among Weather sites.

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    8
  • Quality
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Top Positive Review

“Not very accurate”

Rose R.
8/24/22

While it is lovely they have a listed forecast for most places (or at least one nearby), they are often off by by up to 4° Centigrade in places like Alice Springs, Australia. A considerable over/underestimation. After some weeks I've become accustomed to re-jigging their forecasts based on my experience. I suspect they have no software that let's them know there forecasting is very inaccurate. Wind speeds are out as well though direction is good. The humidity thing is a complete joke in this country. Don't download the app but if you want forecasting for far-flung places, just bookmark the pages & adjust for their numbers related in accuracies.

Top Critical Review

“Total sham”

Ken G.
6/25/24

Do not trust this company they can't forecast weather more then two hours ahead. The 45 day forecast is just pie in the sky useless

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Rhode Island
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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November 30th, 2019

I used Accuweather on my Fire HD Tablet and my Samsung smart TV - it used work very good for years. Then, all of a sudden this year (2019), the radar on the TV doesn't work anymore and on the tablet. I just get a picture of a barn that shows up under radar on my TV. On the tablet, the app crashes when moving around radar map. I wasted hours sending screenshots back and forth via email to tech support to find out 7-8 emails later and 3-4 different techs, they don't support the Fire HD tablet anymore.

So, I removed the app on all devices - will never go back, better stuff out there. I rather look out my window!

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Utah
1 review
2 helpful votes
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May 12th, 2022

Time after time after time, they have failed to predict storms, failed to predict frost, or predicted frost when it remained warm. And this isn't days ahead predictions, either. These bad predictions happen repeatedly just 6 hours before the weather event. I've had more success looking at the sky then using those hokie almanacs that were popular decades ago.

Tip for consumers:
Don't rely on this site for anything important.

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Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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November 16th, 2018

All last winter I was unable to carry out commitments and plans due to the inaccurate forecasting provided by accuweather. Seem to be off to the same start again this year... and they want to get paid for this? Has to be a joke.

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Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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May 3rd, 2020

The original Accuweather App was pretty good. I could find forecasts by hour or by day and quickly drill down into the details. It was replaced recently by a new version (beta) and it is horrible. Bring back the original, please!

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Minnesota
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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October 22nd, 2020

I could become a weatherman easily it might snow it might not snow there's a winter storm watch or maybe there isn't there's a 50/50 chance of snow. I mean really who can't be a weatherman all they do is flip a coin and get paid for it f****** sickening

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New Hampshire
1 review
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July 18th, 2023

I am sitting here on a clear day without any rain. The radar for Accuweather indicates that no only is it raining, but there is a severe thunderstorm going on. Nope. Not happening.

This is typical for InAccuweather. I know forecasting is hardly an exact science, but even their radar is wrong.

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Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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September 15th, 2020

I have been so disappointed with Accu Weather. Direct TV offers it with their basic package and I do not like it all. I was used to the Weather Channel where they send their forecasters out into the field to report live from current weather situations. I find video of weather situations amazing. I do not like watching someone standing in front of a busy weather map all day and night which is pretty much all Accu Weather does. It is a waste of a channel for me.

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Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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July 13th, 2021

I have never been so disappointed in a website that I used to consider to be completely safe to visit. What used to be my "go to" site whenever the weather would take a turn for the worst, is now a website that I will avoid. A recent visit to Accuweather's Doppler radar area of their website was so overrun by advertisements, including one that indicated that I needed to add a new extension to my Chrome settings before I could view the radar. This extension turns out to be harmful malware. So, I'm done with Accuweather. They obviously don't care about keeping their website safe.

Tip for consumers:
The review I wrote about Accuweather's website was about the website itself, and it was not about a purchase I made through Accuweather.

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California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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March 22nd, 2023

I've relied on AccuWeather for many years, and find them to be mostly accurate.
But I've now uninstalled the app due to the aggressive ads.
They used to have small ads at the bottom of the screen, but now you are not allowed to see all of your forecast without being forced to go to their ad to upgrade.
I'm done with the

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Ukraine
1 review
8 helpful votes
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January 26th, 2019

I will sell my phone because of this piece of trash weather program. The only forecast that I can rely on from this app is that I know that there will be freezing on my phone. I get a better forecast asking my dog what the weather is going to be today. But if you like ads, then this app is for you. On the other hand if you want the weather forecast, go to the window and look outside. Make a guess. Guaranteed that you will have a better chance of getting it correct than this useless excuse for weather information.

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Spain
4 reviews
77 helpful votes
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July 11th, 2016

Very American: over 75% of the webpage is adverts. Irrelevent, wrong language, ads. The actual weather maps are tiny with oversize labels. And worst of all - it defaults to 'F instead of the global standard 'C.
And one corner they even suggest paying for this.

Definately the worst weather app/service i've seen.

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Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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June 5th, 2021

You change every hour to try and keep up with NOT being wrong. Your site is a piece of trash and i dont know what hottie you had (talk) to the head of at&t to get your garbage on their phones, but obviously the ( talking) worked. 2 of the worst internet sites, at&t and accuweather. Should call yourselves, neverrightweather.com

Tip for consumers:
Accuweather.com is trash

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New York
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1 helpful vote
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January 30th, 2021

I always enjoyed going on to see how much snow fell in my area in the monthly history. I go on to see how much snow we have so far this year and I was unpleasantly surprised to see you can't do that anymore :( . I hope this feature comes back...

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Washington
1 review
4 helpful votes
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December 5th, 2022

I have always used accuweather and now I can honestly say I WILL NEVER USE IT AGAIN! Accuweather deserves 0 stars. Why so many ads? You can't even see the weather. People, don't waste your time. Accuweather is garbage.

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GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 1st, 2019

On one day this site gave my location a maximum of 18 degrees when the high of the day was 28 degrees celsius. This site can't be reliable. That's it. That's the conclusion. Just poor. One star is one star too many.

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Ohio
1 review
5 helpful votes
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May 11th, 2019

I used to use Accuweather almost daily. I particularly liked the Minutecast feature. Now with the memory/bandwidth hog ads it is so slow it that I can look out the window and get better and more timely weather information. I now use the Windows 10 app and it is OK. Not as feature rich as the OLD Accuweather, but at least it is acceptable for the area forecasts.

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Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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March 12th, 2023

I just uninstalled this app. What an Enterprise?They just block the daily view with their ad to upgrade to premium version. You cannot see anything forecast after 7pm. We should all abandon their free app. There are a lot of other free weather app out there to choose from.

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California
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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December 5th, 2018

The one that came on my LG phone is not accurate on temperature, hourly, and is not that easy to navigate. I love to delete it, but it is permanent on the phone. There are much better weather apps out there.

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Pennsylvania
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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December 21st, 2018

The adds on my Mobil phone are unbelievable. They always cover content. I like the weather forecast they provide but I can't take the adds that cover my weather. I try to close some out and they won't close.

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South Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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December 3rd, 2019

This morning I got up and checked Accuweather for current conditions. Instead I got a popup add for a Google thingamajig and a line that said Todays Weather: same as yesterday (it wasn't by the way) and that was enough for me. The app was deleted. If I could give them zero stars I would.

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Minnesota
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April 7th, 2023

Wintercast predicted 12 to18 inches of snow for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We'll, today is Thursday. We got maybe 3 inches and wintercast still says 12 to 18. For crying out loud you guys, fix it already! You just look like you really don't know what you're doing.

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District of Columbia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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July 14th, 2023

My grass is dying because of the inaccuracy of this service. I spent 3 years intensely laboring to dig up and redo my entire yard and invest in growing all new grass. However, I do my best to conserve water due to cost and rely on rain when I can. Started using accuweather this year and they are nearly always wrong. For example, at 8am they'd provide an 80% chance of rain during the afternoon, so I wouldn't turn on the sprinklers in the morning. By noon, when I check the radar, there's no rain in the area, there's blazing hot sun, and the chance of rain is down to 10%. This happens almost every time there's a supposed chance of rain for my specific area. My grass has dried out in the summer sun and I now have to spend more money to fix my yard again. I'd love to type a few curse words, but then my review won't get posted. But that's how I feel about "accu"weather.

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Thumbnail of user jacob.r.russell
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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April 5th, 2023

Paid for a lifetime premium subscription awhile back. Now with their new "premium+" subscription, they have actually TAKEN AWAY benefits of the lifetime premium I bought. Now there are more adds despite my premium, can't view hourly forecast beyond a few hours, and more. This is very unethical. I would say it's fraudulent but we live in America where there is no such thing as fraud, just profits. Good work guys, you're going to see everyone leave.
I just started using Apple Weather built-in app on my iphone instead. It has a low rating because it used to be not great, but it's much better now. No ads, great hourly forecast, and very fast.
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON ACCUWEATHER, they are bunch of creepy fraudsters. There are other apps that are completely free and much, much better. Accuweather should be ashamed.

Tip for consumers:
Don't bother.

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Thumbnail of user mimif18
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 12th, 2018

It stinks. Why did Verizon fios drop it? It doesn't even compare to the weather channel. It's the same live coverage repeated over and over again. It really isn't even worth watching. The people aren't good reporters. Accu weather is very disappointing during major weather issues.

Thumbnail of user michaelr1989
Missouri
1 review
3 helpful votes
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April 11th, 2020

Before beta update AccuWeather was five star review from me but since the update it is a piece of crap I wish I could return to the original AccuWeather. It is a shame to see a nap go down hill that was really good

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