Mesonet
Real-time Oklahoma weather
Only for iPhone
Free
Hello Oklahomans! The Mesonet app brings a host of Oklahoma weather information right to your phone, including data from the award-winning Oklahoma Mesonet, plus forecasts, radar and severe weather advisories from the National Weather Service. Get fast access to the same info that the experts use!
Features:
• Get real-time weather observations from 120 Mesonet weather stations — at least one in every county — across the state.
• Add a widget (or two or five) to your home screen for your favorite station(s).
• Check out 5-day National Weather Service forecasts for all locations across Oklahoma, updated every hour.
• Use your device location to find the closest weather stations.
• Access maps of air temperature, rainfall, winds, dewpoint, humidity, soil temperature, soil moisture, pressure, solar radiation, satellite, and upper air conditions.
• View NWS advisories for severe weather, fire weather, flooding, wind, heat, cold, winter weather, and visibility.
• Animate the most recent NWS radar data from the Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Frederick, Enid, and other regional radars.
• Read the latest Mesonet Ticker post.
The Mesonet is a joint project of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, operated by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.
more • Improved layout on the Local tab for larger iPhones in landscape.
• Replaced the Mesonet widget with a 'Now' widget that supports resizing.
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when it receives a NWS text product with an unrecognized phenomenon code.
• Fixed a rare crashing bug when loading radar frames.
• Added support for iOS 27.
Version 2.7 is the final planned release of the Mesonet app for iOS 17 and 18. Accordingly, we've also made a lot of changes behind the scenes that should help keep the app running smoothly ahead of some much bigger updates coming soon.
2.7.0 13 Oct
Updated the Advisories tab to support new NWS zones for LeFlore, Osage, and Sequoyah counties.
2.6.4 16 Jun
Fixed an issue where the Favorite button in the map image viewer might not correctly switch between filled/unfilled when tapped.
2.6.3 03/11/2025
• Fixed a bug that could cause excessive image refreshes.
• Fixed a bug that could cause map images not to display on iOS 17.
• Fixed layout issues with larger Dynamic Type sizes in the Local tab.
2.6.2 22/09/2025
• Updated design and new app icon for iOS 26.
• Updated the "Show Map Thumbnails" setting with a new option to only show thumbnails in your Favorites list.
• Added a new setting to hide the Advisories tab badge displaying the number of active advisories.
• Added a Social section to the More tab with new and updated social media links.
• Improved support for accessibility features throughout the app.
• The Mesonet app now requires iOS 17 or later.
2.6.0 18/09/2025
• Increased zoom limit on map images and meteograms.
• Fixed a possible crashing bug in the Radar tab.
2.5.4 22/01/2025
• Added support for changed NWS text product titles for cold weather and extreme heat.
• Improved Spanish translations for some NWS text product types.
2.5.3 19/11/2024
Addressed some issues that could cause the app to stop responding in rare cases.
2.5.2 24/10/2024
• Fixed a bug that caused map images not to reload in some cases.
• Fixed a bug that could cause "Loading..." to appear for a long time when using geolocation in the station selector.
2.5.1 17/09/2024
Redesigned Maps tab:
• Your favorite maps are now displayed in their own section above map categories.
• Image thumbnails are now displayed with enough available space. (This can be disabled in the More tab.)
• Favorite maps are marked with a star in the map category lists.
• Quickly add and remove favorites by long-pressing on map listings.
• The image viewer now displays page indicator dots depending on available space.
Redesigned Radar tab:
• Controls have moved to the bottom of the screen with a new picker for radar selection.
• The Radar Opacity slider and Radar Map Style setting have moved to the Radar Options panel, accessible via the new button in the upper-right.
• Added the ability to control whether enabling geolocation automatically switches you to the nearest radar site.
Redesigned station selector:
• Added favorite stations for quick access at the top of the list.
• Added a search bar to filter by station name.
Improved sharing:
• The Maps image viewer now has a Share button for easier sharing and supports drag-and-drop to quickly send images to other apps.
• The Advisories product viewer now also has a Share button to send a link to product text.
And more:
• Added split view layouts in landscape orientation on supported devices for the Maps and Advisories tabs to optimize screen space usage.
• When dark mode is enabled, the Local tab will now use slightly darker background colors.
• The Radar Map Style picker in the More tab is now a link to Radar Options.
• The meteogram image viewer now uses the same image viewer as the Maps tab, with a more accurate zoom gesture and the same improved sharing features.
• Refreshed design for Home Screen widgets.
• Added support for iOS 18 and the latest devices, including new app icons for Dark and Tinted themes.
2.5.0 11/09/2024
Fixed an issue that caused an Edit button to erroneously appear in the navigation bar when viewing the Radar category in the Maps tab.
2.4.1 24/06/2024
• Redesigned Advisories tab with improved county listings.
• The Maps tab's data source has been updated to pull from the new Mesonet website. This will clear your favorite maps — we apologize for any inconvenience.
• New app icon and launch screen.
• Fixed a possible crashing bug in the map image viewer.
2.4.0 22/04/2024
• Fixed a possible crashing bug in the meteogram viewer.
• Resolved improper resizing of the Radar tab's play button with very large text sizes.
• Improved wind readout during occasional upstream data issues.
• Restored the ability to rotate the Local tab into landscape orientation.
2.3.2 17/01/2024
Restores the ability to save or share meteogram images using a new Share button for users on iOS 16 or later.
2.3.1 25/09/2023
• The More tab has been completely redesigned to present information and controls directly in the tab.
• Updated icons for the Maps, Radar, and More tabs, as well as the meteogram in the Local tab.
• Refreshed user interface for the Radar tab.
• Rebuilt meteogram viewer.
• Revised spacing in the Advisories tab.
• Fixed a bug that could cause forecast data not to be displayed when some forecast data is missing.
• Fixed possible crashing bugs in the Local and Radar tabs.
2.3.0 20/09/2023
This version fixes an issue when retrieving the text of NWS advisories.
2.2.1 21/04/2023
Version 2.2.0 has the following changes:
- Made data download and processing more efficient.
- Local conditions now update when brought to the forefront.
- Maps and Meteograms have a long-press to enable sharing.
- Updated radar map overlay engine.
- Forecast text now uses dynamic fonts.
- Fix for wind direction in forecasts when the "From" wind direction was missing.
- Fixed bug where wind direction would sometimes not show for certain direction values.
- Fixed a crashing bug in Map listing.
- Fixed a crashing bug in Site listing.
2.2.0 19/04/2023
This version has the following changes:
- Updated radar map engine.
- Higher resolution radar reflectivity product.
- Can now save images from the Ticker to your Photos library.
- Updated Spanish localization.
- Numerous fixes to prevent crashes and improve data retrieval efficiency.
2.1.1 10/08/2022
• New Mesonet widget. Place multiple widgets on the home screen for quick access to several sites.
• Improved radar placement.
• Improved large font support for Maps and Advisories.
• Added "Heat Risk" to the Local view for days where the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Risk is present. See https://www.mesonet.org/images/site/WBGT_Mesonet_Work_Rest_Info.May2016.pdf for more information on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Risk.
• Added more Spanish localization.
2.1.0 09/11/2021
- Added support for Dark Mode.
- Added a timestamp to Mesonet Widget.
- Contacts now work properly for e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook
- Found and fixed some bugs that affected stability.
2.0.3 21/01/2020
Some bug fixes:
- Advisories now update properly every minute.
- Fixed a minor stability issue with Radar.
- Minor modernization update.
2.0.2 17/04/2019
Several bug fixes:
- Arnett site back in the site selection list.
- Bearing to sites when selecting sites closest to user location now reads correctly.
- Forecasts update when site is switched.
- App now saves metric unit setting between runs.
2.0.1 08/12/2018
- Completely re-written in Swift.
- Mesonet Widget available. Run the app to register the widget.
- Contact page now interactive.
- Radar no longer keeps centering on user when user location is shown.
- Fixed some crashing bugs.
2.0.0 26/11/2018
- New Settings dialog where you can now chose between two map styles for Radar. Tap "More" then "Settings" and choose which Radar map style suits you.
- Radar maps now have counties and more cities are visible at higher zoom levels.
- Increased default visibility of the radar image itself. You can tap and hold on the Radar map to bring up and dismiss the Transparency control.
- Minor bug fixes with map product scrolling.
1.7.1 28/08/2018
- New radar display.
- Minor bugfixes.
1.7.0 30/07/2018
• Improved layout on the Local tab for larger iPhones in landscape.
• Replaced the Mesonet widget with a 'Now' widget that supports resizing.
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when it receives a NWS text product with an unrecognized phenomenon code.
• Fixed a rare crashing bug when loading radar frames.
• Added support for iOS 27.
Version 2.7 is the final planned release of the Mesonet app for iOS 17 and 18. Accordingly, we've also made a lot of changes behind the scenes that should help keep the app running smoothly ahead of some much bigger updates coming soon.
more Version 2.7.0 13 Oct
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