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What’s new on BBC Weather?

We've made some changes to your BBC Weather website. We hope they will make it easier for you to get your local forecast while being able to explore more of the weather story. In this guide, we will point out some of the things you should expect to see and talk you through the things that are new.

Homepage

BBC Weather Homepage screenshot

  1. Local

    Get a quick view of the weather from your saved locations. If you have no saved locations we offer a suggestion to demonstrate the feature.

  2. Find a Forecast

    Go here to find your local forecast using a town name or a postcode. You can also quickly save and retrieve your favourite locations here.

  3. UK Overview

    Get an overview of the UK weather here.

  4. Features and Analysis

    You'll find all of our features and analysis presented here in one place, including the background on the latest UK and world weather stories.

Forecast

BBC Weather Forecast page screenshot

  1. Detailed Forecast

    Here you'll find all the detail you normally expect from BBC Weather, including the 5-Day and 24-Hour forecasts now visible at a single glance. We've also given more space for health information such as pollen.

  2. Maps

    Maps aren't everyone's cup of tea, but we know how important they are to those of you who use them. We've re-organised everything here and put your location right in the middle of your local map. Temperatures are included, and we will be adding wind information later. Your country view and local pressure area are just a click away using the tabs.

  3. Average Conditions

    Unfortunately only appearing on a limited number of locations, the interactive Average Conditions graph allows you to look at local climate data and play with it to compare different values. Where you find it, use the links below the graph to change the values being displayed.

FAQs

Why are you changing the site?

We have an improvement plan based on feedback gathered during audience surveys and focus groups, and from emails that we receive. This led us to change a number of key areas where you have told us that we can do better, such as making it even easier to see your forecast at a glance.

We also needed to simplify the way we present our stories, features and picture galleries so that you don't have to dig for them. You'll now find all of that content in one place on the Weather homepage.

Overall we hope we've made the site easier and more enjoyable to use.

Is this the finished version? Some things seem to be missing.

The site contains almost exactly the same content and features as the previous version. The maps have changed quite a lot, and you will find further FAQs about them below. Users of existing features like our embedded modules and RSS feeds from the previous site will still work and we will be reinstating the ability to pick them up from forecast pages very soon. There are some sections that remain in the old format, like Coast & Sea, Winter Sports and Country Guides. Links to these sections appear on the Weather homepage and the forecast pages. Our editorial content is all available from a Features & Analysis section on the new Weather homepage. If you think something else is missing, please let us know by getting in touch using the email address below.

I prefer to see the temperatures on a coloured background. Can you put that back?

Yes - we are already working on this following your feedback.

I liked being able to navigate around the map. Why isn't this new one interactive?

The reason for being able to navigate around the previous map was in order to allow people who lived in towns on the edges of them to look at other areas without leaving the page. Other than that, this feature was found to complicate the user experience. Now that all locations appear in the middle of the map, we have been able to remove that feature to keep it simple. We have heard a lot of feedback from users who want to navigate around the map for other reasons, so we will be working out how to bring you an interactive weather map as soon as we can.

Can you make the local map more zoomed out?

We chose the zoom level for local maps based on the level of detail we can show and to match the current zoom level used for parts of the UK. We understand that many users would prefer to have a more zoomed out local area, so we are working on how to do this so everyone gets the best experience possible.

The place names on the maps just get in the way. Can I just hide them?

We are working on this feature following user feedback.

How can I save and use favourite locations?

Favourites are now found in the Find a Forecast box. When you are viewing a forecast page, just go there to save it. You'll be able to find it there later. You will not currently find your recently visited locations here but following feedback from early testing we expect to be adding back this feature as well as generally making further improvements.

It will eventually be possible to set up one of your favourites for use across more of the BBC, including the BBC Homepage and BBC News website.

Unfortunately technical restrictions mean that Weather favourites are only available to users with JavaScript turned on in their browser.

How can I suggest new features for the site?

How do I report a problem with the new site?

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