# Forecastfox - Weather Forecast

> International weather forecasts with easy and convenient settings

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/forecastfox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/forecastfox)

## Overview

- **ID:** `forecastfox`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Oleksandr
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 11,801
- **Weekly downloads:** 253
- **Rating:** 3.86 / 5 (708 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-27
- **First published:** 2015-02-06
- **Size:** 1.28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/forecastfox/)
- **Website:** [https://www.s3blog.org/forecastfox.html](https://www.s3blog.org/forecastfox.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/forecastfox/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/forecastfox/privacy/)

## Description

Forecastfox brings accurate international weather forecasts directly to your browser toolbar. Quickly view current temperature, wind speed, humidity, and detailed multi-day forecasts without leaving the page. The extension displays essential weather conditions at a glance and supports worldwide locations so you can check the weather for home, travel destinations, or any place you care about.

Customize how you see weather data with flexible display options, update frequency settings, and saved locations. Forecastfox is lightweight, fast, and easy to configure — perfect for users who want reliable, on-demand weather information right from their browser. Stay informed about changing conditions anytime and anywhere with Forecastfox.

## Rankings

- #712 — Overall
- #14 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #42 — Appearance
- #1 — forecast
- #2 — weather
- #6 — come

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `alarms`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `embed.windy.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Very low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Forecastfox is praised as a reliable, long-running Firefox weather addon that provides rich forecast details and quick-glance access (hover radar, corner UI). However, multiple reviews cite major post-update issues: removal of the toolbar display, UI changes that hinder access to forecasts, and functional problems. Configuration annoyances (language resets, auto-location/time) and the desire to revert to older versions are common complaints. Overall, it combines strong loyalty and usefulness with notable usability and access problems after updates.

### Pros

- Very long-standing, trusted weather extension for Firefox with loyal, long-time users.
- Provides rich weather information and quick glance UI, including hover radar and weekly forecast.
- Regarded as an excellent, must-have weather extension for Firefox and praised as among the best.
- Nostalgic, old-school UI that users feel is effective and easy to use.

### Cons

- Removal of the web toolbar weather display (horizontal bar) removed, making forecasts less accessible.
- Since updates, the extension is not functional or not visible in the expected bottom-right area; users want the option to install an older version.
- Configuration issues include language settings resetting and an unconfigurable auto-location/time update (default is too fast).
- Forecast visibility is hard to locate or missing after updates, causing difficulty finding the forecast.

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