# FOX8 Cleveland Weather

> The WJW Weather App gives you the latest weather for our viewing region.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wjw.android.weather](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wjw.android.weather)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.wjw.android.weather`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nexstar Inc.
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 116,069
- **Rating:** 3.33 / 5 (651 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.512
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-26
- **First published:** 2015-04-09
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 85 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wjw.android.weather)
- **Website:** [http://fox8.com](http://fox8.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy](https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy)

## Description

The FOX8 Cleveland Weather Chrome extension delivers comprehensive and real-time weather updates tailored for the Cleveland viewing region. Featuring the highest resolution 250-meter radar, future radar tracking for severe weather, and high-resolution satellite cloud imagery, users gain detailed insights essential for planning their day.

This extension offers current weather updates multiple times per hour, alongside hourly and daily forecasts from advanced computer models. It provides convenient features such as saving favorite locations, integrated GPS location detection, and opt-in push alerts for timely National Weather Service severe weather warnings, ensuring users stay informed and safe outdoors.

## Rankings

- #205,917 — Overall
- #194 — Weather (Free)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.wjw.android.weather.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise the app for accurate forecasts and useful features like hourly radar and local video weather content, plus effective alerts. However, multiple reviews complain about intrusive ads and branding, frequent stability problems (crashes and freezes), readability issues (tiny temperature text), and occasional forecast inaccuracies and data-display gaps. Some also note startup/UI bugs (stuck splash screen). Overall, the app shows strong weather data but needs fixes to performance, UI, and ad experience.

### Pros

- Accurate forecast and informative weather information.
- Hourly forecast and radar features.
- Local video/weather content and credible local coverage.
- Alerts work well and are useful.

### Cons

- Intrusive ads and heavy Fox 8 branding affecting readability.
- Frequent crashes, freezes, and force closes leading to instability.
- Small font for temperature in the notification bar reduces readability.
- Forecast inaccuracy or misleading day-by-day forecasts at times.
- Startup/navigation issues like getting stuck on splash/logo and other UI bugs.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.wjw.android.weather)