Make the menu bar yours — up to five items at once.
Most menu bar weather apps show a temperature. Forecast Bar can keep up to five independent items in your menu bar, each with its own data point: temperature, precipitation chance, wind, air quality, the next weather change — whatever your day depends on.
- Up to 5 independent menu bar items, each with its own data point
- 7 display styles, from a simple icon to icon + temperature
- Multi-monitor aware, with per-screen positioning
- Dock mode if you'd rather keep the menu bar clear
A 48-hour timeline and 15-day outlook, without leaving your work.
Click any menu bar item and the full forecast opens right there: an hour-by-hour 48-hour timeline, a 15-day outlook, current conditions, and an AI weather story written for your day. No app switch, no browser tab, no hunting.
- 48-hour timeline with hour-by-hour detail
- 15-day outlook in the same popover
- AI weather stories summarize what actually matters today
- Multiple saved locations, one click apart
Tear-away panels and a radar window that lives on your desktop.
When a storm is moving in, a popover isn't enough. Tear the forecast panel away from the menu bar and keep it beside your work, or open the radar in its own standalone window with animated playback.
- Tear-away panels stay open anywhere on any screen
- Standalone radar window with smooth animated playback
- Custom alerts land natively in Notification Center
- Severe weather, precipitation, sunset, aurora, and more
Three weather sources. You pick.
Forecasts disagree — by location, by horizon, by event. Instead of promising one source is always right, Forecast Bar lets you choose the one that performs best where you live.
The Weather Company
Forecast Bar's primary source, with detailed hourly and long-range data worldwide.
Apple Weather
The same data behind Apple's own app, including minute-by-minute precipitation.
NWS / NOAA
The US National Weather Service — official forecasts and severe weather alerts for the United States.
An honest note: macOS has built-in menu bar weather.
Recent versions of macOS can show a basic weather readout in the menu bar. If all you want is a glanceable current temperature, the built-in option is free and genuinely enough — you don't need another app for that.
Forecast Bar earns its place when you want more than a readout: several conditions visible at once, a real forecast one click away, radar you can keep on the desktop, a choice of data sources, and alerts you define yourself. That's the difference this page is about.
Questions about Forecast Bar for Mac
Doesn't macOS already show weather in the menu bar?
How many weather values can Forecast Bar show in the menu bar?
Which weather sources does Forecast Bar use?
How much does Forecast Bar for Mac cost?
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Free 24-hour access, then optional subscription with 7-day trial. Mac and iOS plans are separate; Apple TV is included with Forecast Bar Gold on iOS.
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