# WFMY Radar

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id395749171](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id395749171)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id395749171`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tegna Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (973 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.517
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17
- **First published:** 2010-10-11
- **Size:** 234 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wfmy-radar/id395749171)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.wfmynews2.com/privacy](http://www.wfmynews2.com/privacy)

## Description

WFMY Radar is a mobile weather app from WFMY News 2 featuring a highly responsive, looping 250 meter radar map and high‑resolution satellite imagery, plus color‑coded weather alerts and current conditions. It also offers a 10‑day forecast with daily and hourly detail, the ability to save favorite locations, and GPS-based location awareness.

The app delivers severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service with opt‑in push notifications to keep you safe, and provides frequent updates to help you plan your day around changing conditions.

## Rankings

- #55,844 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise WFMY Radar for accurate forecasts and a useful follow-me feature, with comparisons favoring it over some paid apps. However, multiple reviews highlight stability and UI issues: repeated crashes/opening failures, problematic radar looping, forced always-on location services, radar data loading problems, and unreliable severe-weather alerts. These recurring drawbacks affect usability during emergencies, even as the app remains a trusted source when it runs smoothly.

### Pros

- Highly accurate and reliable forecasts.
- Helpful "follow me" feature for location-specific forecasts during travel.
- Generally intuitive and easy to use; many users consider it among the best local weather apps.
- Positive comparisons to competitors, with some users switching from paid apps to WFMY for better value/quality.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes or the app won’t open after OS updates or on startup.
- Radar past/future looping changes; looping speed is too fast or inconsistent, hindering storm tracking.
- Location services issues: requires always-on location and makes it hard to manage saved locations.
- Radar data/loading problems: radar layers or current conditions occasionally fail to load.
- Severe weather alerts/notifications sometimes do not trigger, leaving users uninformed during warnings.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id395749171)