Yr
Hacker ApprovedRanked 5 of 14 weather apps by recommenders
Free, simple Norwegian weather service with detailed forecast data and an API, which people find accurate for planning.
Free, simple Norwegian weather service with detailed forecast data and an API, which people find accurate for planning.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, no-frills, clean interface
“it's no fuss, no registration and the data is good enough for me in a neighbouring country”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” “I really enjoy the Norwegian weather app YR, it's nice and simple and very clean.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “a good no-frills weather webapp”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” Detailed data: cloud layers, models, API
“One of the things that I've seen with them that I haven't seen with others is the cloud cover by layer.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” “uses a decent selection of models”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” “Yr has a great API as well.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather” Free, no registration, English available
“it's no fuss, no registration and the data is good enough for me in a neighbouring country”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)” “Yr.no [1] is free, and available in English.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “Hold on to Your Hardware” Accurate enough for everyday planning
“This is accurate enough that you can use it to time your walk from the office to the subway”
Comment from 17 Nov 2025 in “WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model” “tends to be most accurate for Scandi+Baltics somehow pretty often”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Acme Weather”
Other weather apps people recommend
The four most recommended other weather apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brolly | 28 | 7 | 80% | 1 | — | — |
| Sundial weather app | 22 | 1 | 96% | 3 | — | — |
| Apple Weather | 20 | 54 | 27% | 6 | — | — |
| Acme Weather | 17 | 13 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| YrThis page | 12 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Yr.no [1] is free, and available in English.”
“uses a decent selection of models”
“Yr has a great API as well.”
“I really enjoy the Norwegian weather app YR, it's nice and simple and very clean.”
“tends to be most accurate for Scandi+Baltics somehow pretty often”
“I found Yr in Norway also good”
“it's no fuss, no registration and the data is good enough for me in a neighbouring country”
“a good no-frills weather webapp”
“One of the things that I've seen with them that I haven't seen with others is the cloud cover by layer.”
“I've not seen it recommended here before and thought someone might enjoy it”
“This is accurate enough that you can use it to time your walk from the office to the subway”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.