You need a great hurricane tracker app if you or someone you know might be in danger due to a current or impending hurricane. Most can alert you when the storm is approaching any location of your choosing, and you can see detailed forecasts regarding when the storm will hit.
There are plenty of other weather tracking apps you can get on your phone or tablet, too, including tornado alert apps. And while most of them can track hurricanes as well as snow and other conditions, they’re not necessarily built specifically for watching hurricane threats.
Below are the best hurricane trackers for your phone. Most of these storm trackers work on both iOS and Android devices, and some can even be used from a desktop web browser. Download one now so that you can know ahead of time when a hurricane is coming.
An emergency alert app is another way to get updates regarding dangerous weather and more.
Hurricane by American Red Cross: Track Your Loved Ones
It’s important to know that the people you care about are safe during a hurricane threat, which is exactly what you get with the American Red Cross hurricane tracker app. Not only is this tracker a preparedness app for dangerous storms that tells you what to do before, during, and after the hurricane, it shows you when someone you know might be in danger due to the storm.
Monitors anyone’s location from your contact list
Displays on the map every Red Cross shelter within the hurricane’s impact areas
Hurricane preparedness information is available even without a data connection
Projects where the storm is most likely headed, and includes the time it’s forecasted to be there
Includes a built-in flashlight, strobe light, and alarm siren
It’s easy to send emails, texts, or other messages to your contacts to explain that you’re safe from the storm, and it includes your location
Supports both English and Spanish
You can’t view multiple overlays at once, such as the hurricane tracker and rain (or wind speed, clouds, etc.)
The app is sometimes slow to load
Anyone in your contacts list can be added to a location on the map so that you can see right away on the first page whether or not your family or friends are in the middle of a storm. If you’re tracking the storm for yourself, use the “I’m Safe” feature as an easy way to tell people you’re not in danger.
This hurricane tracker app is free for Android, iPhone, and iPad users.
The location tracking in this app doesn’t keep up with where the person is moving but instead tells you if there’s a threat within the radius of the location you chose as where they are. You’ll need a location tracking app to actually monitor their location in real time.
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My Hurricane Tracker: An Easy-to-Use Hurricane Tracker
If you just want a simple way to track hurricanes and stay updated when things about the storm change, you can’t go wrong with My Hurricane Tracker. This free app has a really clean interface and is simple for anyone to use.
Simple design without lots of excess features
Can alert you each time the hurricane you’re tracking is updated or tracked at a new location
Shows a forecasted view of where, exactly, the hurricane will go (up to five days in advance), as reported by the NOAA
Displays how far away the storm is from your current location
Reveals the exact coordinates and wind speeds in the forecast
Supports low bandwidth mode to download lower quality radar and satellite images when you have a weak internet connection
You can track hurricanes from decades ago, too
Doesn’t show “standard” weather app details like rain, clouds, etc.
The storm’s size (like how large the hurricane is) isn’t shown on the map
Includes ads
My Hurricane Tracker identifies active storm threats and lets you see the path of the hurricane from when and where it started, where it’s at right now, and its forecasted destination. Just tap the little hurricane icons on the map for more detail.
iPhone, iPad, and Android users can install it for free. There’s also a pro version you can buy that comes with no ads and support for Apple Watch.
Storm Radar: A Free App to See Exactly Where the Hurricane Is Moving
From the popular The Weather Channel service is Storm Radar, one of the best ways to track hurricanes. This storm tracker is so incredibly detailed that you won’t have any problem seeing exactly where the hurricane will probably hit, and precisely when it’s forecasted to arrive.
Lots of map overlays for hurricanes, temperature, cloud cover, local alerts, storm tracks, radar, and more
Animates the map two hours from the past and several hours into the future to visualize the forecast
Three map style options to customize the app
It’s easy to view weather conditions from any location on the map with a tap-and-hold
Operates really well; very smooth
Shows advertisements
Some layers are premium/not free
Several features only work if you upgrade
If you don’t have a phone, you can use The Weather Channel online with their web app. See where the hurricane has been and where’s it seems to be heading, and zoom up as close as you need to see if and when the hurricane will reach where you are.
Storm Radar is free for iPhone and iPad, but it comes with ads. You can remove them and get more features, like full screen mode and lightning tracking, for a few dollars every month.
The Storm Android app has been discontinued and replaced by The Weather Channel app.
Clime: Detailed Maps and Offline Tracking
Clime (previously called NOAA Weather Radar) is a good hurricane tracker app because it lets you overlay rain, radar, or satellite images on top of the tracker. This gives you a detailed look at what’s happening in the storm.
Track the hurricane offline
Animates the progression of the storm from nearly an hour ago to the current time
Provides map overlays on top of the hurricane tracker
See where the storm might be in the future
Includes a lightning tracker and other warning and alert options, like for coastal flooding and tornadoes
Units can be changed for the distance, pressure, wind speed, and temperature
Only the map icons are included in future forecasts, not the animation
Hurricane tracking is only free for a week, and then you have to pay
Shows ads
Forecasting isn’t free
On top of that, you can track storms offline because it caches the map animations, forecasts, and alerts so that even if you don’t have access to the internet, you can still see the most recently downloaded information.
This hurricane finder lets you add multiple locations to the map to get alerted if they’re in the path of a hurricane. Tap any of those locations, and you’ll see a week-long forecast including the temperature, wind speed, rain likelihood, and more details.
Hurricane tracking and alerts for saved locations are free for seven days. Following that are various subscription options to continue using the services.
When using this app offline, remember that while it might seem like you’re getting live information because the map still animates and the alerts are still shown, you can’t actually download anything new. What you see when offline is just a cached version of what was last downloaded when you had an internet connection.
Ventusky: Super Detailed Wind Patterns
If you’re less interested in the normal weather app and want to know more about where the wind is coming from and moving toward during a hurricane, you’ll love Ventusky.
Lots of customizable map options
Works on mobile devices and computers
Much better animations than most storm trackers
Fluid zooming in and out of the map
Shows the weather forecast for the next week for any location
More than one map layer can’t be used at once
Won’t alert you about hurricanes or any type of storm
This is both a web app and a mobile app that lets you view various storm-related information on a beautiful map. Some options include wind speed and gusts, thunderstorms, temperature, precipitation, clouds, air pressure, humidity, waves, and snow cover.
Ventusky is free for web, Android, iPhone, and iPad users.
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