Free Desktop Weather Software: Four Reviews

Whatever your needs, there’s plenty of free desktop weather software to keep you updated on everything from temperatures and travel delays to precipitation and pollution. In fact, there are so many desktop weather downloads available that it’s hard to know which one is best for you. That’s where I roll in like a thunderstorm across the prairie.

As your dutiful reviewer, I laboriously installed four of the more reputable weather programs and used them each for a short period of time. Here’s my guide to free desktop weather software!

Free Desktop Weather Software: Weather1
download at: www.weather1.com

Great for true weather geeks who want more information than they can handle, Weather1 provides up-to-the-minute weather data on locations around the world. Looking like a cross between a tabbed spreadsheet and a Windows module, Weather1 is customizable, loaded with features, and free of ads. You can select both domestic and international locations, toggling between all kinds of outlooks, charts, graphs, and images. On top of all the expected maps and stats, they’ve got EPA pollution levels, UV indices, lightning strike maps, and much more. If anything, there are almost too many options. So unless you’re a true weather nerd, world traveler, or a professional who needs to monitor the skies and temps for work, Weather1 may prove more cumbersome than practical – especially because the plain-old local forecast info is not neatly presented.

Free Desktop Weather Software: WeatherBug
download at: www.weatherbug.com (note: this is about the original version, not the “plus”)

One-click access to weather from your icon tray!

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