After exploring a number of weather apps I found it challenging to select only two. Some apps provided a large amount of detailed weather data, but often seem to exclude features that allow the user to view that data on weather maps. While the opposite is true for applications that focused heavily on weather maps, often only mapping data such as precipitation or max/min temperature data over short periods of time...
Eventually, I decided to choose MeteoEarthHD because of its ability to display conditions in a mapped format. MeteoEarthHD users can even layer weather conditions on maps, allowing users to see how one element of the forecast directly impacts another.
The second app that I chose was Wolfram Alpha, it isn't a weather specific app but I found it to be a very valuable source for various weather data. A simple search of Huntington WV weather history returned data from as far back as 1950. This could be very useful for any student or individual who hopes to model weather patterns over long periods of time. Wolfram Alpha may not be weather specific, but it is full capable of being used as if it were a weather app!
I like Wolfram Alpha for gathering lots of historical data. I hadn't really thought about using it for weather but I did look at it and the information is better than a google search.
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