# earth.nullschool.net

9 Hacker News commenters recommended earth.nullschool.net and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free website with animated maps of global wind, weather and ocean data, valued for its wealth of meteorological information and its soothing, living-Earth feel.

## Why people recommend it

- Immersive animated globe and wind (3 comments): "the 3d globe view is also equally rare when scouting out larger regional weather" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300627)) "You really get a sense of a living Earth" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301243)) "The wind animations are so soothing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301673))
- Useful comfort metrics like wet-bulb (2 comments): "Nice to have web bulb temps available as that is a true measure of comfort level for humans." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300799)) "Overlay MI (Misery Index) checks out with what I'm experiencing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303830))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Xweather Live](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xweather-live.md): 12 recommend
- [Earth (earth.nullschool.net)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/earth.md): 7 recommend
- [Ventusky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ventusky.md): 5 recommend
- [Zoom Earth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoom-earth.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "earth.nullschool.net", https://hackerapproved.com/p/earth-nullschool-net/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).