# KY3 Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id467154094](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id467154094)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id467154094`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (31,252 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.604
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2011-09-30
- **Size:** 244 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ky3-weather/id467154094)
- **Website:** [https://www.ky3.com](https://www.ky3.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ky3.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.ky3.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

KY3 Weather is a full-featured weather app from the KY3 Storm Team for mobile devices, offering fast, precise storm data and conditions. It provides 250-meter radar, future radar, high-resolution satellite imagery, and current weather updates multiple times per hour.

It also lets you save favorite locations, uses integrated GPS for current location awareness, and delivers severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service with opt-in push notifications to help you stay safe.

## Rankings

- #8,864 — Overall
- #93 — weather

## Review summary

Users generally praise KY3 Weather for reliable severe-weather alerts and accessible forecasts, including daily/hourly views and live forecast video. Many say the information is accurate and useful, especially when TV isn’t available. However, recurring problems drive frustration: heavy, sometimes misleading ads that disrupt content; slow loading and frequent freezes; radar features with limited control and questionable accuracy; a flood of notifications or delayed alerts; and concerns about location privacy. These conflicting experiences suggest the app is valuable for weather information but hampered by performance, ad load, and radar/privacy issues.

### Pros

- Severe weather alerts that remain active until the threat is cleared.
- Forecasts are generally accurate and useful, with daily/hourly views.
- Forecast maps and live forecast videos provide current conditions.
- Useful as a weather source when you don’t have access to TV.
- Overall positive sentiment of accuracy and reliability.

### Cons

- Ad-heavy experience with frequent ads, including pre-video ads for radar content.
- Slow loading times and frequent freezes/lag.
- Radar features are limited or inaccurate: no speed control, no overlays, and TV radar may be more reliable.
- Too many notifications or delays in warnings; high volume can be overwhelming.
- Privacy concerns around location data and tracking.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id467154094)