The good news is these apps provide a free trial. So you can explore the premium features for free before committing to a subscription, whether it’s a monthly, yearly, or lifetime subscription.

Yet apps can’t seem to get the weather right. Faulty weather forecasts ruin the best-laid plans of wedding parties, adventure-sports enthusiasts and others who rely on good conditions.

Pixel Weather, meanwhile, isn’t that at all. It’s a feature-rich, highly customizable, and incredibly well-designed weather app that’s quickly become one of my all-time favorites.

Most weather apps aim to do it all—to be your one-stop spot for every manner of weather info you could possibly wonder about. This week’s Cool Tool is more of a specialist.

Paul Douglas is a nationally-respected meteorologist, with 40 years of broadcast television and radio experience. He provides daily print and online weather services for the Star Tribune.

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Weather Apps I have pounded on this for months in my writing, but most people increasingly consume weather information from apps. They are convenient and a figure tap away on our phones.