Weather Exchange for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 19, 2014

This free application provides a smorgasbord of weather-related information and a healthy set of features. Weather Exchange shows a variety of local, regional, and global maps, some of which can be animated. However, the interface does display some distracting ads and cannot be resized to a full-screen view. Entering your ZIP code or city lets you check out the local radar, and you even can see details such as the temperature, dew point, and wind speed in select neighborhoods. Clicking over to the Maps section reveals that this program hasn't forgotten the big picture. After choosing a continent, you then can view colorful maps that display information such as temperature, wind chill, humidity, UV rating, fronts, and heat index. You'll find a section that details pending natural disasters, and you even can set a number of alarms to alert you when a certain condition changes. We can see how Weather Exchange will be useful to just about any user, but those with an intense interest in meteorology are sure to be especially pleased.

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GENERAL

Release: July 27, 2011

Latest update: February 19, 2014

Version: 1.34

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows NT
Windows ME
Windows 10
Windows 7

Additional Requirements: None

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Total Downloads: 63,391

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.6/5

45 User Votes

Worthless purchase
whitedove_iwjJanuary 14, 2013
Pros
May be a fun product
Cons
Company offering product is double minded. After you pay for the software the person wants more money - I had my inbox full of emails to upgrade to have it longer.
Summary
I prefer not to deal with the people who offer this product. At first it was free then the owner became greedy. They can keep it.
Worked great!
BreBruceMarch 19, 2012
Pros
Worked great!
Cons
BUT my AVG Free sees it as malware.
Summary
Improper grammar w/ high or low- It's not highs or lows
DLakstinsDecember 5, 2011
Pros
I found the content to be accurate and it's excellent to be able to get a visual through the various webcams.
Cons
Improper grammar can be disconcerting when you observe growing children exposed to it. This is especially true when it comes to the high or low of the day. It is true; that if one was referring to all the of the cites of a given area it may be proper to say we'll have a variety of highs and lows. However a person is stating only one tempereture for a city and surrounding areas, there is only one high or low (not highs or lows) being stated for or in that given place.
Summary
I suggest if you use this source for your media outlet, that you inform your announcers or editors to make the correction before publishing. As a consequence we won't have to cringe to an announcer or hear a child say "we're going to have a HIGHS near 40 today!" Aaugh!
Gives me weather for a specific neighborhood
trlambJune 30, 2011
Pros
1. My setup has it launching at startup with the program hidden, which puts my local weather in my taskbar. I like that place better than on my desktop. 2. I get no warning messages from PC Matic, unlike when I used The Weather Channel's desktop.
Cons
None so far.
Summary
I subscribe to Weather Underground, so I was happy to find a way to put personal weather station info in my taskbar.
Excellent desktop weather product
productreviewerJune 5, 2011
Pros
Comprehensive interface. Easy to use. Many easy to understand features. Browser independent. Delivers the goods, and it's free.
Cons
None so far.
Summary
Immediately after installing Weather Exchange, I liked it better than The Weather Channel Desktop, which I had been using for years and which continually had one problem after another, including regular Internet Explorer scripting errors and not being able to start up on occasion. The Weather Channel Desktop also annoyingly issues almost daily the same cell phone usage survey over and over and over and over and over again. The big plus is that Weather Exchange is associated with Weather Underground, which is far superior to The Weather Channel.
Easy to use just put in the zip code or city
spider711December 25, 2010
Pros
Shows current and past readings for the area with links to weather underground.
Cons
Daily highs and lows are not shown for temperature only records. Total rainfall is not shown only rainfall rate.
Summary
Can't get a batter program for the price!
Good, but v1.30 is available
skrapshakJune 15, 2010
Pros
Great for local conditions. There is a weather station less than a mile from my house.
Cons
The GUI is a little cluttered, and it is ad supported.
Summary
I think that this is a great desktop weather application. It gives you access to local Personal Weather Stations. You can check the local and national radars. With a click, it will take you to the Weather Underground website for a more detailed forecast for your area.
Very Handy
hortnutFebruary 23, 2010
Pros
Live in area of PNW Metro Area where w/in 20 miles there can be many different conditions going on- due to elevation, wind patterns, water etc. Can set up to monitor these various locations at one time and see realtime what is going on.
Cons
Sometimes it will not refresh properly.
Summary
Worth it and great to play around with. Prefer it over Weather Bug.
good product
bartonstevenJanuary 27, 2010
Pros
looks good
Cons
slow in reporting
Summary
would prefer wheatherbug
Its a virus
christophe0000November 20, 2009
Pros
NOTHING, Absolutely nothing
Cons
DONT CLICK ON ANYTHING ITS A VIRUS
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Developer’s Description

By Ambient Weather

Access live weather from the world's largest weather station network.