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Weather forecasts, meteorological data, sensors, hurricanes, and weather services.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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2026353 stories
WeatherNext 3↗ deepmind.google · HN · 107 comments · 406 points · Sep 03, 2026
DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones↗ deepmind.google · HN · 128 comments · 449 points · Aug 08, 2026
Mistral Medium 3.5↗ mistral.ai · HN · 229 comments · 500 points · Apr 29, 2026
The Weather Channel – RetroCast↗ weather.com · HN · 61 comments · 321 points · Apr 02, 2026
A terminal weather app with ASCII animations driven by real-time weather data↗ github.com · HN · 48 comments · 266 points · Feb 19, 2026
2025265 stories
FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service↗ it-notes.dragas.net · HN · 92 comments · 395 points · Dec 30, 2025
Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector↗ downdetectorsdowndetector.com · HN · 170 comments · 591 points · Nov 19, 2025
Live Stream from the Namib Desert↗ bookofjoe2.blogspot.com · HN · 109 comments · 569 points · Oct 17, 2025
Android Earthquake Alerts: A global system for early warning↗ research.google · HN · 126 comments · 333 points · Jul 22, 2025
WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator↗ weatherstar.netbymatt.com · HN · 134 comments · 716 points · May 29, 2025
2024240 stories
macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time↗ github.com · HN · 253 comments · 1139 points · Dec 24, 2024
Visualizing Weather Forecasts Through Landscape Imagery↗ github.com · HN · 57 comments · 604 points · Sep 20, 2024
A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)↗ nightingaledvs.com · HN · 196 comments · 378 points · Jul 30, 2024
Own a weather station? We want your data↗ weather.gov · HN · 200 comments · 444 points · Jun 05, 2024
Weather forecasts have become more accurate↗ ourworldindata.org · HN · 188 comments · 371 points · Mar 12, 2024
2023292 stories
Show HN: Free open-source minimalist weather app↗ github.com · HN · 8 comments · 10 points · Dec 26, 2023
Polar Signals Cloud Is Generally Available↗ polarsignals.com · HN · 3 comments · 12 points · Oct 10, 2023
Two new AI-based weather-forecasting systems challenging the status quo↗ phys.org · HN · 15 comments · 15 points · Jul 13, 2023
The Precipitation Problem↗ firststreet.org · HN · 0 comments · 10 points · Jun 27, 2023
Nationwide FAA weather reporting outage↗ nco.ncep.noaa.gov · HN · 10 comments · 21 points · Jan 19, 2023
2022212 stories
Building an e-ink weather display for our home↗ kimmo.blog · HN · 112 comments · 519 points · Nov 13, 2022
WeatherKit↗ developer.apple.com · HN · 191 comments · 335 points · Jul 03, 2022
`curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal↗ github.com · HN · 143 comments · 368 points · May 15, 2022
Goldilocks Zone Finder – Find your ideal climate↗ lukechampine.com · HN · 195 comments · 338 points · Mar 11, 2022
Drop a raindrop anywhere in the world and watch where it ends up↗ river-runner-global.samlearner.com · HN · 115 comments · 790 points · Jan 07, 2022
2021213 stories
Aurora Forecast↗ gi.alaska.edu · HN · 10 comments · 93 points · Oct 30, 2021
Show HN: Weather API for non-commercial use↗ open-meteo.com · HN · 147 comments · 443 points · Sep 12, 2021
Windy.com↗ windy.com · HN · 212 comments · 1052 points · Sep 10, 2021
NOAA Smoke Forecast Model Visualization↗ hwp-viz.gsd.esrl.noaa.gov · HN · 11 comments · 86 points · Aug 07, 2021
Show HN: A network of weather stations to help prevent pesticide spray drift↗ cotl.com.au · HN · 27 comments · 83 points · Mar 02, 2021
2020218 stories
Cloudflare Radar↗ radar.cloudflare.com · HN · 90 comments · 226 points · Sep 30, 2020
Build yourself a weather station↗ blog.kdubovikov.ml · HN · 125 comments · 356 points · Jun 15, 2020
ClimaCell Weather API: fully customizable hyper-local API↗ climacell.co · HN · 46 comments · 175 points · Jun 01, 2020
Court outlaws German Weather Service's free weather app↗ dw.com · HN · 199 comments · 267 points · Mar 12, 2020
How to Download Live Images from Government Weather Satellites (2018)↗ hackernoon.com · HN · 42 comments · 229 points · Jan 12, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

WeatherNext 3↗ deepmind.google · HN · 107 comments · 406 points · Sep 03, 2026
So I have a weatherman, which also tells me the news↗ dexteroot.net · HN · 7 comments · 43 points · Sep 19, 2026
DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones↗ deepmind.google · HN · 128 comments · 449 points · Aug 08, 2026
Show HN: SeasonMap – when to travel where? visualized with climate data↗ seasonmap.app · HN · 11 comments · 23 points · Sep 16, 2026
New app: Yesterday, an iPhone app for yesterday's weather↗ interconnected.org · HN · 7 comments · 35 points · Sep 09, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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Highest rated · the last 30 days

WeatherNext 3↗ deepmind.google · HN · 107 comments · 406 points · Sep 03, 2026
So I have a weatherman, which also tells me the news↗ dexteroot.net · HN · 7 comments · 43 points · Sep 19, 2026
New app: Yesterday, an iPhone app for yesterday's weather↗ interconnected.org · HN · 7 comments · 35 points · Sep 09, 2026
Show HN: SeasonMap – when to travel where? visualized with climate data↗ seasonmap.app · HN · 11 comments · 23 points · Sep 16, 2026
WeatherNext 3: Our most advanced global weather AI model↗ blog.google · HN · 1 comments · 11 points · Sep 07, 2026
WeatherNext 3: Our most advanced global weather AI model↗ blog.google · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 03, 2026
Meteor M2-4: Receiving Weather Satellite Images from My Garden in San Francisco↗ gdamdam.github.io · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 25, 2026
Show HN: HonestSky, a free iOS weather app without ads or subscriptions↗ apps.apple.com · HN · 1 comments · 4 points · Sep 15, 2026
How I check the weather↗ sarah-robin.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 06, 2026
WeatherNext 3: Hourly global weather forecasts using live satellite data↗ blog.google · HN · 1 comments · 4 points · Sep 06, 2026

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