Apple Weather App - Saving Current/Home Location When Traveling

My home/current location weather is not the same as the nearest town I can plug in on the Apple Weather app. How do I save my home's location to view when traveling? Or how do I determine the actual location of the weather for my home to plug that in as a favorited location? The nearest airport does not show up as an option. Thanks!

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Feb 21, 2023 8:26 AM

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Feb 22, 2023 12:23 PM in response to jmemo

Hello jmemo,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with checkin the weather in your location. To start, this article goes over how the weather app uses your location: Check the weather on iPhone - Apple Support


"Note: Weather uses Location Services to get the forecast for your current location. To make sure Location Services is turned on, go to Settings  > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Weather. Turn on Precise Location to increase the accuracy of the forecast in your current location.


Check the local forecast and conditions

When you open Weather, the details for your current location are shown. If you don’t see them, tap the Edit Cities button, then tap My Location.

Scroll down to view weather details such as:

  • Hourly forecast: Swipe the hourly display left or right.
  • 10-day forecast: View weather conditions, chance of precipitation, and high and low temperatures for the coming days.
  • Tip: Tap a day in the 10-day forecast to see that day’s hourly temperature forecast, high and low temperatures, and more. Tap the Chart Condition button to change the displayed weather condition.
  • Severe weather alerts: View updates for weather events such as winter storms and flash floods (not available in all countries or regions). Tap the alert to read the full government-issued alert.
  • News: Read a news article when there’s a story relevant to the weather in that location (not available in all countries or regions).
  • Air quality: View air quality information; tap to view details about health information and pollutants (not available in all countries or regions).
  • Note: The air quality scale appears above the hourly forecast when air quality reaches a particular level for that location. For some locations, the air quality scale always appears above the hourly forecast.
  • Maps: View a map of temperature, precipitation, or air quality in the area. Tap the map to view it in full screen or to change the map view between temperature, precipitation, and air quality. See View weather maps on iPhone.
  • Additional details: See additional weather information such as the UV index, sunrise, sunset, wind, precipitation, and more. Tap a weather detail for the extended forecast, daily summary, and more information specific to that detail.
  • Tip: Some weather details include interactive features; drag your finger over the chart to see data values at specific times, tap a day to see data values for that day, or tap the Chart Condition button to switch the view to a different weather detail.
  • The Weather screen showing the location at the top, and the current temperature and weather condition. Below that are weather details for the following elements; air quality, precipitation, UV index, and sunset.

To learn about the data sources for the Weather app, see the Apple Support article Feature availability and data sources in the Weather app.

Switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit

  1. Open Weather, then tap the Edit Cities button.
  2. Tap the More button, then tap Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Send a report about the weather

You can report the weather in your location if it doesn’t match what’s shown in the Weather app.

  1. Open Weather, then tap the Edit Cities button.
  2. Tap the More Options button, then tap Report an Issue.
  3. Tap the options that best describe the weather conditions in your location.
  4. Tap Submit.

The information you share with Apple isn’t associated with your Apple ID."


To check the weather in other locations, use the steps here: Check the weather in other locations on iPhone - Apple Support


We hope this helps.


Cheers!



Feb 22, 2023 2:31 PM in response to jmemo

Hi jmemo,


To add your home location for viewing when you are out of town, you can follow the following instructions which are found in the link we shared above:


"Add a location to your weather list

You can add locations to the weather list to quickly check the weather in places important to you.

  1. Open Weather, then tap the Favorite Locations button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  2. Tap the search field at the top of the screen, then enter the name of the city or the airport code that you want to add to your list.
  3. Tap the location in the search results, then tap Add.

To check the weather in locations you added to your weather list, swipe the iPhone screen left or right when viewing a location, or tap the Favorite Locations button, then tap a location."


Check the weather in other locations on iPhone - Apple Support


Cheers!

Feb 22, 2023 2:18 PM in response to jmemo


Hello jmemo,


The Weather app should determine your location from Location Services. Make sure they are on and enabled for the Weather app like the above reply states.


Otherwise, search for your zip code like the above reply mentions.


If you're still having issues, tap the 3 lines with dots bottom right to get to the search area, then the 2 dots top right in the screen of all locations, and report an issue.


Thanks.

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