Privacy
What we collect (and don't).
Location
To show you local weather, we need a rough idea of where you are. We use one of two methods:
- IP geolocation via Netlify's edge headers. This gives us your city/region only, never a precise location, and is used only for the current request.
- Browser geolocation, only if you click "Use my location." We never request this without you asking.
Your saved location preference is stored in your browser's
localStorage, on your device. We never receive it.
Cookies
We use Google Analytics, which sets a small first-party cookie
(_ga) so it can tell repeat visits apart and measure
aggregate traffic. We don't use it to build an advertising profile
of you.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages and features people use, in aggregate — things like page views, popular cities, and searches. Google Analytics 4 uses your IP address to estimate a coarse location but does not log or store it, and we have not turned on any cross-site advertising or data-sharing features. We also keep our own first-party tallies (e.g. which searches and cities are popular) that don't identify you or follow you across sites.
You can opt out of Google Analytics with Google's opt-out browser add-on, or via your browser's cookie controls. Google's handling of this data is described at policies.google.com/privacy.
Data sources
Weather data comes from the National Weather Service (a US government agency), NEXRAD radar tiles served by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet at Iowa State University, Open-Meteo (for short-term precipitation timing and air quality), and Zippopotam (for ZIP-code lookups). We don't share any information about you with these services beyond the latitude and longitude required to fetch your forecast — or, in the case of Zippopotam, the ZIP code you typed.