# WCIA 3 Weather

> Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id890012218](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id890012218)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id890012218`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nexstar Broadcasting
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (6,013 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.2.512
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-26
- **First published:** 2014-06-22
- **Size:** 237 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wcia-3-weather/id890012218)
- **Website:** [https://www.wcia.com/](https://www.wcia.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://static.mobilelocalnews.com/html/privacy.html](http://static.mobilelocalnews.com/html/privacy.html)

## Description

WCIA 3 Weather brings Central Illinois weather to your browser, powered by WCIA.com. Get fast alerts, current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, and an interactive radar map with past and future layers for precise, localized updates.

Submit weather photos or videos, view closings, and rely on fast radar and customizable layers to stay ahead of changing conditions.

## Rankings

- #23,437 — Overall
- #96 — weather

## Review summary

Users praise WCIA 3 Weather for accurate, reliable local forecasts and a useful radar, with strong local coverage and praise for the WCIA weather team. Recurrent drawbacks include disruptive ads, stability issues after updates, location-management glitches, and feature changes that remove or hide tools like the severe weather tab.

### Pros

- Very accurate and reliable local forecasts.
- Regarded as one of the best sources for local weather.
- Useful radar feature for tracking storms.
- Strong local coverage and positive reputation of the WCIA weather team.

### Cons

- Intrusive full-screen ads and sponsored content disrupt the experience (including launch screens).
- Performance and stability issues (crashes, freezing, map glitches) after updates.
- Problems with managing locations (inability to remove added locations or change location due to UI crashes).
- Updates that remove or hide features (such as the severe weather tab) disrupt user workflow.

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