About RainAware
Know exactly when rain will start and stop at your location. RainAware, the original hyperlocal rain app with RainClock, push alerts, live radar, satellite, lightning & storm tracking. ***** INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD...
Know exactly when rain will start and stop at your location. RainAware, the original hyperlocal rain app with RainClock, push alerts, live radar, satellite, lightning & storm tracking.
***** INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD VERSION *****
• Rain Clock
See rain timing for your location up to 3 hours ahead.
Example: “Rain starts in 1 hr 30 min and ends at 4:30 PM.”
Background images match the weather outside.
• Alerts & notifications
Get notified when rain is coming or ending, or when severe weather threatens.
Customize alert timing, rain-duration thresholds, proximity settings, and alert frequency.
• Regional radar, satellite, and 1-hour precipitation
View live weather imagery over a regional domain, then move the domain anywhere to inspect weather there.
• Watches, warnings, and advisories
View active hazards including severe storms, floods, winter weather, wind, fire, marine alerts, and more.
• Weather map overlays
Analyze the map with overlays for surface observations, lightning, hurricane tracks, storm reports, moving ship observations, and more.
• Landscape mode & fast looping
Use landscape mode for a larger map with extra pan and zoom controls. Long-press to burst-loop imagery faster and spot trends.
• Current conditions ticker
Cycles through the nearest surface observation and also shows nearby lightning, precipitation, and storm reports when relevant. Tap icons to jump to the location.
• Interactive graphs
View 36-hour trend graphs for temperature, wind, cloud cover, precipitation amount and type.
• Forecast Clock
See the next 8 days in a concise Today/Tonight format, including sunrise, sunset, and moon phase.
• Site lists
Quickly check weather for nearby cities, airports, ballparks, speedways, golf courses, and more. Stadium views include wind direction for in, out, or across-field awareness.
• Drawing tools
Draw on the map, add text, overlay it on weather imagery, and share.
• Weather badges
Badges show when rapid changes in rain, temperature, clouds, or wind are forecast. Configurable.
• Deep customization
RainAware includes extensive settings so you can tune the app to your workflow.
***** SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES *****
Subscriptions are available in-app and work across supported devices.
• Full-map access
View the full weather map without regional limits.
• Storm cell tracking
Filter storm cells and view motion, hail potential, rotation, and more.
• National radar products
Includes Echo Tops, Hail Swaths, and Rotation Tracks.
• Single-site radar
Access reflectivity and velocity products, with options to merge Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico radar into the national view.
• Expanded satellite imagery
Adds water vapor and colorized visible imagery for enhanced cloud-top analysis.
• More alert types
Add lightning proximity alerts, severe storm report alerts, and alerts for another location.
• RainPro tool
Interactively refine precipitation motion for even more precise rain timing.
• Environmental fields
Display threat areas, VAD wind profiles, isobars, CAPE, updraft helicity, 500 & 850 mb charts and more.
• Warning & observation monitor
Filter and sort warnings and surface observations.
• Advanced surface observations
Plot thousands of stations, ships, and buoys, including water temperature and wave height.
• Longer loops
Animate up to 36 frames and as much as 12 hours ahead on capable devices.
• Aviation mode
Use FAA sectional maps as an underlay, display flight rules at stations, and view winds aloft at VWP locations.
• Advanced drawing tools
Draw fronts, time-match drawings to imagery, and create lines, polygons, circles, and squares.
• Faster data updates
Get more frequent radar, satellite, and surface data refreshes.
• Performance controls
Manage memory, cache behavior, panning, and image tiling.
Coverage is best across the USA and southern Canada. Satellite and local radar coverage also extends from Hawaii to the Caribbean. https://www.rainaware.com/rainaware_coverage_map.webp
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of RainAware since it was posted on our website on 2018-03-19 21:00:48.
The latest version is 2.1.8 and it was updated on 2026-10-11 02:52:11. See below the changes in each version.
RainAware version 2.1.8
Updated At: 2026-09-15
Changes: Several fixes that improve app stability.
[subscriber] More precise time matching of overlay fields (CAPE, etc).
RainAware version 2.1.7
Updated At: 2026-07-24
Changes: - Added tappable Canadian warning polygons to map plot. Uses Environment Canada color codes (yellow/orange/red).
- Fixed rare gray screen covering RainClock.
- [sub pro feature] Canadian warnings show in Active Warnings list.
- [sub pro feature] Added MLCAPE + 6km Shear overlay.
- [sub pro feature] Added Surface Moisture Convergence overlay.
RainAware version 2.1.6
Updated At: 2026-05-21
Changes: - You can now sort POI/Cities alphabetically or by distance.
- [Subscribers] If 500 or 850 mb chart is selected, other data layers auto hide for cleaner view.
- Fixed rare missing location at app start.
RainAware version 2.1.3
Updated At: 2026-04-23
Changes: - Network optimizations.
- Better performance when coming out of background/sleep.
- You can remove the "Get More" prompts in Settings > Buttons... > Hide Get More Prompts.
RainAware version 2.1.1
Updated At: 2026-03-29
Changes: Quick bug fix regarding location readout at top of screen.
RainAware version 2.0.8
Updated At: 2026-03-11
Changes: For tablets in landscape orientation, tap logo in upper right to view RainClock.
[Sub Feature] Ensured anonymous subscriptions stick after reinstalling app.
[Desktop] Mouse-wheel zoom better calibrated.
RainAware version 2.0.8
Updated At: 2026-02-26
Changes: RainAware for Windows is INCLUDED with an Annual Subscription! Go to Account Info to download.
Surface observation popups are expandable to see older data.
[Sub Feature] New powerful surface obs and warning monitoring interface.
[Desktop] Location readout at top now displays city/state/county.
[Desktop] Map now moves to follow cursor as you zoom with mouse wheel.
[Bug] For tablets w/ keyboard, removed the "green rectangle" after key press.
[Bug] Fixed rare -999 temperatures in local forecast.
RainAware version 2.0.7
Updated At: 2025-11-10
Changes: Testing new graphics engine to fix Google Pixel screen artifact issue.
Intensity legend/color bar added to RainClock (disable in settings).
Color blind palette added to RainClock (enable in settings).
More robust cache & memory management.
Fixed minor clock button text overflow issue.
[Sub Feature] Fixed Winter Discussions not plotting.
RainAware version 2.0.5
Updated At: 2025-09-25
Changes: - "Day Pass" and discounted "Annual" subscription packages are now available.
- Faster data pulls with newly upgraded server hardware.
- Cloud Badges enabled on main screen. Config under Settings > Main Clock Screen > Badges...
- Reduced memory footprint for long-running app.
- [Subscriber feature]: Fixed flight rule coloring issue.
- Quick Start Tutorial updated (button at bottom of Settings menu).
- User Guide updated. Contact us with any questions for fast response.
RainAware version 2.0.3
Updated At: 2025-07-16
Changes: Sub Feature: Added map-panning control to RainPro Tool.
Sub Feature: Fixed small issue with storm-cell filtering (Auto Filter switch).
Sub Feature: Highlighted analysis overlay button.
Once you press "3 hr" or "8 day" button, the clock will no longer auto revert during a data update.
A minor Android 15 compliance update.
Quick Start Tutorial updated (bottom of Settings menu).
User Guide updated. Contact us with any questions from inside the Settings menu for fast response.
