Here’s what the Weather app’s colored bars are for and how to read them. For simplicity, we’ll split them into the bars and the colors.
What the Weather App’s Bars Mean
While the Weather app’s new features are largely celebrated, many users have aired their confusion about the colored bars on the redesigned 10-day weather forecast.
The horizontal bar, which is the same for all the days included in the forecast, indicates the temperature range for the next 10 days. The leftmost side of the bar represents the lowest temperature in the next 10 days, while the rightmost of the range is the highest temperature.
The background bar shows the full range of temperatures across the 10 days while the colored section shows the range of temperatures for that particular day.The example below shows that the lowest temperature in the 10-day range is 23°C while the highest is 34°C.
The colored bar is the temperature range you’ll have over the course of each day. You’ll see the temperatures on either side of the horizontal bar. This is compared to the 10-day temperature range, which is grayed out.
In the example below, today’s temperature range is 24–34°C as compared to the 10-day temperature range of 23–34°C.
More importantly, it tells you where the current temperature falls within the range, as indicated by the tiny white dot in the Today forecast. In the example below, the small dot simply shows where 30°C, the temperature at the moment, falls within the predicted range.
What the Weather App’s Colors Mean
The app shows you the day’s temperature in a color gradient to give you an idea of how the temperature will remain stable or change throughout the day.
A different color is assigned per temperature range:
Dark Blue: Extremely cold temperatures (below 0°C or 32°F) Light Blue: Cold temperatures (0–15°C or 32–59°F) Green: Moderate temperatures (15–20°C or 59–68°F) Yellow: Slightly warm temperatures (20–25°C or 68–77°F) Orange: Warm temperatures (25–30°C or 77–86°F) Red: Extremely hot temperatures (above 30°C or 86°F)
At-a-Glance Weather Forecasts
The redesigned Weather app may be confusing at the start, but understanding what the visuals mean can be a great help when planning your daily and weekly schedule with the weather in mind. It can even help you prepare the right outfit to match the weather outside.
