WUTemp extension

View the active temperature of a Weather Underground Station

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The WUTemp extension is a handy Chrome tool designed to provide real-time temperature updates from a Weather Underground Station directly in your browser. It refreshes the temperature data every 5 minutes by default and allows users to customize settings for a personalized experience.

Key features include a clickable icon that takes you straight to the Weather Underground station page, options to set your preferred Station ID, switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit units, and adjust the refresh interval for updates. Version 1.1 enhances flexibility by allowing users to modify the refresh interval on the Options page, ensuring temperature data fits your needs.

By:: Eryk.io
Users:: 1,000+
Rating:: 3.46

(35)
Version:: 1.1 (Last updated: 2016-03-16)
Creation date:: 2016-03-16
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: http://api.wunderground.com/
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Size:: 41.19K
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 22,717 ▲ 167

Other rankings

#953 in News & Weather ▼ 6 #82 in station keyword 30 ▲ 6 #291 in weather keyword 27 ▲

User reviews

The WUTemp extension is appreciated for its simplicity, minimalistic design, and ability to let users pick their weather station. However, multiple users report that it no longer updates temperatures correctly, often freezing on a certain value, suggesting it may be abandoned. It frequently redirects to a webpage instead of showing a popup widget, and users miss features from the phone app. Login issues and a lack of ongoing updates contribute to its decreased usability, with many recommending finding a replacement.

Pros

Allows users to select their own weather station manually.
Simple and minimalistic design appreciated by users.
Useful widget for embedding weather information on websites.
Good functionality in the past, with some users having used it for years.
Ability to configure the extension by specifying a weather station ID.

Cons

Extension no longer updates or shows the correct temperature, often freezing at a specific value.
Extension appears to be abandoned with no updates since 2016, leading to compatibility and functionality issues.
The extension often opens a webpage instead of providing an in-extension widget or popup as in other browsers.
Difficulties with login functionality have been reported.
Lacks certain desired features such as weekly forecast or pollen information available on the phone version.

Recent reviews

This extension is broken. Doesn't work at all with Brave.

G C, 2022-02-04

Does not show the current temperature on the icon. It simply serves as a link to the specified weather station. That's what bookmarks are for, this thing is useless.

Aaron Collier, 2020-10-09

No longer works

Zachary Creveling, 2020-06-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

WUTemp extension requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains: wunderground.com

Risk likelihood

WUTemp extension has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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