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    Yahoo Weather

    Yahoo Weather is consistently rated as one of the best free weather apps for iOS and Android. It’s also won awards for design, and uses Flickr photos to match your time, day, and location. Yahoo Weather is available for free.

    Image: Yahoo
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    Weather Underground

    Weather Underground is crowd-sourced weather information. The community of weather enthusiasts report live from their locations, providing more accurate data for users. It’s available for free for iOS and Android.

    Image: Weather Underground
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    WunderMap

    WunderMap is an interactive weather map made by Weather Underground. It’s free for iOS and Android. It takes all the crowdsourced information from the weather enthusiasts who use Weather Underground and maps it. Available for free for iOS and Android.

    Image: Weather Underground
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    Funny or Die Weather

    The Funny or Die team made a weather app that gives you real weather updates, with a side of sarcasm. There’s updates such as “the humidity of water is extremely high.” Available for free for iOS.

    Image: Funny or Die
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    Arcus Weather

    For Android users who can’t get Dark Sky, use Arcus Weather, which has information from forecast.io for up-to-date, hyperlocal weather. It will tell you when rain is going to fall, down to the hour and minute. It’s free but has in-app purchases for more features.

    Image: Arcus Weather
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    Dark Sky

    Dark Sky predicts when it will rain or snow, down to the minute — or so it claims. Use it to look closer at wind speed, direction, pressure, and visibility. The app also has beautiful visuals. It’s available for iOS for $3.99.

    Image: Dark Sky
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    AccuWeather Platinum

    This app features AccuWeather MinuteCast, a minute-by-minute precipitation forecast for your exact location. Available for Android and iOS for $3.99.

    Image: AccuWeather
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    Effing Weather

    We all know people talking incessantly about the weather gets annoying. Effing Weather makes light of it, with phrases like, “Are you effing kidding me? It’s how cold?” and “It’s effing hot outside, if you want to be a little wuss about it.” Download it for free on iOS.

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    Check the Weather

    This app has a really simple interface, made for quickly checking the weather and radar. The creators are also all about their typefaces, using customized design, which we can respect. Available for iOS for free.

    Image: Check the Weather
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    NOAA Weather Radar

    This app is a mini weather station right on your device. The satellite radar overlays shows precipitation and cloud cover in high-res. Available for free for iOS and Android.

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    1Weather

    1Weather is a popular Android weather app. It’s a simple, clean interface design. The in-app features like backgrounds and widgets are $0.99 to $1.99.

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Lyndsey Gilpin

Lyndsey Gilpin is a former Staff Writer for TechRepublic, covering sustainability and entrepreneurship. She's co-author of the book Follow the Geeks.