{"slug": "windy", "name": "Windy", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 1, "score": 2.016, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2025-11-17", "latest": "2026-09-07", "why": "I moved to Windy and I just look at the weather radar", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I moved to Windy and I just look at the weather radar", "icon": true, "domain": "windy.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.windy.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Windy"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793660880, "item_id": 49603805, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603805", "by": "gonzalohm", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to Windy and I just look at the weather radar", "excerpt": "Same experience. I moved to Windy and I just look at the weather radar and make my own prediction. I guesstimate that it has less than 50% accuracy for my area", "context": "", "use_case": "weather radar", "switched_from": "Google Weather", "story": "WeatherNext 3"}, {"id": 748088352, "item_id": 46755522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755522", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-01-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is a layer on windy.com that shows the webcams in that area.", "excerpt": "There is a layer on windy.com that shows the webcams in that area. Look for areas receiving snow and then turn on the webcam layer.", "context": "", "use_case": "viewing snow webcams", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What's the best place to look at snow webcams?"}, {"id": 735339856, "item_id": 45958741, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45958741", "by": "Alexsky2", "date": "2025-11-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use these and Windy: https://www.windy.com/", "excerpt": "The United States (National Weather Service) has these too: https://www.weather.gov/forecastmaps/ I use these and Windy: https://www.windy.com/ In my experience, these forecasts are really good 5-7 days out, and then degrade in reliability (as you would expect from predictions of chaotic systems). The apps that show you a rain cloud and a percentage number are always terrible in my experience for some reason, even if", "context": "", "use_case": "weather forecasts", "switched_from": "", "story": "WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 753855217, "item_id": 47115951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47115951", "by": "sysworld", "date": "2026-02-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "It's the biggest thing I don't like about Windy, it's so slow/laggy when changing the timeline.", "excerpt": "I love how you can scob the timeline and the weather updates as you move it, in real time. It's the biggest thing I don't like about Windy, it's so slow/laggy when changing the timeline. (Maybe it's better if you live in the US, but here in NZ, it's pain)", "context": "user in NZ", "use_case": "weather map", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xweather Live \u2013 Interactive global vector weather map"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["weather radar", "lightning data", "weather map", "viewing snow webcams", "weather forecasts"], "compared": [{"slug": "google-weather", "name": "Google Weather", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49552299", "title": "WeatherNext 3", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563921", "title": "App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is showing bombings in Middle East", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111626", "title": "Xweather Live \u2013 Interactive global vector weather map", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755512", "title": "Ask HN: What's the best place to look at snow webcams?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954210", "title": "WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {"warn": 1}, "2026-03": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 793660880, "item_id": 49603805, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603805", "by": "gonzalohm", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to Windy and I just look at the weather radar", "excerpt": "Same experience. I moved to Windy and I just look at the weather radar and make my own prediction. I guesstimate that it has less than 50% accuracy for my area", "context": "", "use_case": "weather radar", "switched_from": "Google Weather", "story": "WeatherNext 3"}, {"id": 761038208, "item_id": 47564888, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47564888", "by": "dguest", "date": "2026-03-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "check out the service that www.windy.com uses", "excerpt": "Yeah, check out the service that www.windy.com uses: https://www.nowcast.de/en/ it's an array of VLF/LF radio antenna.", "context": "", "use_case": "lightning data", "switched_from": "", "story": "App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is showing bombings in Middle East"}, {"id": 753855217, "item_id": 47115951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47115951", "by": "sysworld", "date": "2026-02-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "It's the biggest thing I don't like about Windy, it's so slow/laggy when changing the timeline.", "excerpt": "I love how you can scob the timeline and the weather updates as you move it, in real time. It's the biggest thing I don't like about Windy, it's so slow/laggy when changing the timeline. (Maybe it's better if you live in the US, but here in NZ, it's pain)", "context": "user in NZ", "use_case": "weather map", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xweather Live \u2013 Interactive global vector weather map"}, {"id": 748088352, "item_id": 46755522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46755522", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-01-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is a layer on windy.com that shows the webcams in that area.", "excerpt": "There is a layer on windy.com that shows the webcams in that area. Look for areas receiving snow and then turn on the webcam layer.", "context": "", "use_case": "viewing snow webcams", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What's the best place to look at snow webcams?"}, {"id": 735339856, "item_id": 45958741, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45958741", "by": "Alexsky2", "date": "2025-11-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use these and Windy: https://www.windy.com/", "excerpt": "The United States (National Weather Service) has these too: https://www.weather.gov/forecastmaps/ I use these and Windy: https://www.windy.com/ In my experience, these forecasts are really good 5-7 days out, and then degrade in reliability (as you would expect from predictions of chaotic systems). The apps that show you a rain cloud and a percentage number are always terrible in my experience for some reason, even if", "context": "", "use_case": "weather forecasts", "switched_from": "", "story": "WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model"}]}