Weather app Fahrenheit only

[dannyb2100]

Why does the weather widget display Fahrenheit only? Or am I missing something?  No way to change it? 

[ChadMeck]

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@dannyb2100 wrote:

Why does the weather widget display Fahrenheit only? Or am I missing something?  No way to change it? 

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The weather app seems very lackluster tbh. I was expecting like a 10 day forecast..but it only shows today?

[thebaldgeek]

Not only that, but it does not show the time. Pretty disappointed (again).

[Lauraanthony209]

My weather app shows in Celsius. It's based on location which decides which to use. At least it was yesterday, now it's just telling me to sync to the Fitbit app to update which is not working. They REALLY need to fix the weather app.

[dannyb2100]

It shows my correct location, but still only in Fahrenheit. 

The Ionic is leaving a lot to be desired thus far, to be honest. (I "upgraded" from the Blaze) 

[minigno]

If you scroll down the weather app there is an hourly forecast, plus a 4 days of future forecasts with tomorrow's forecast being broken into hourly.  Are you not seeing that?

Not sure how celcius is set, unless it's a localization item in your OS or app settings.

[Donnamt16]

I was hoping there would be a way to change the units but I cannot find it. i am stuck with F so probably wont use the app as it is correct on my phone lol

[racertempo]

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@minigno wrote:

If you scroll down the weather app there is an hourly forecast, plus a 4 days of future forecasts with tomorrow's forecast being broken into hourly.  

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Wow, nice find, I did not know that was possible I actually love it now that there is a forecast.

[SunsetRunner]

I was showing F but then changed the units for Length to metric, and also for Swim, in the advanced settings page of the account tab in the app and now I’m showing C. It wasn’t instantaneous but after a sync it has definitely changed.

[bbarrera]

Wind? Minutecast? Hourly? Just 4-day, no 10-day forecast?

[minigno]

There is hourly available, like I mentioned...no wind, if I need that detail I'm typically on my phone or laptop anyway.

No 10 day...again, not really needed on my watch typically...sometimes I do that if I'm really curious about something, but it is typically useless outside of 3 days.  Local weather predicting technology and modeling in this day and age is unfortunately still mostly a guess once you get 4-5 days out and beyond.  While it's gotten amazingly accurate within 2-3 days out, it hasn't improved greatly on the longer forecasts.

[bbarrera]

Where I live, and for cycling, the 10 day forecast is pretty darn good for making advanced plans on where to ride. Similar story for wind, although its not a detail and more important. All of that is on my wrist today, in fact my watch face shows current wind (direction, speed, and gust speed), temperature, sunset/sunrise, and active calorie burn (plus time, day, and date). The 120 minute Accuweather "minutecast" is really handy during winter/spring when it rains here, just a tap and swipe away.

[MatthewFitbit · Accepted solution]

The temperature scale (Fahrenheit and Celsius) is determined based on what you have chosen for "Length Units" in your account settings. If you have this set to "Miles," temperature will display in Fahrenheit. If you have it set to "Kilometers," temperature will display in Celsius.

You can also swipe up from the bottom of the screen when viewing the Weather app to see a forecast for the next few days.

[dannyb2100]

Thank you for your reply.

That doesn't make sense though...... In the UK we use degrees Celsius And miles? 

[N8teGee]

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@dannyb2100 wrote:

Thank you for your reply.

That doesn't make sense though...... In the UK we use degrees Celsius And miles? 

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Yes, unfortunately in the UK we have adopted a strange hybrid system. I too would like to use Miles as the length and Celsius as the temperature. I really can't get my head around water freezing at 32°f and boiling at 212°f as opposed to 0°c and 100°c.

[MatthewFitbit]

@dannyb2100 @N8teGee I've relayed your feedback to the team to see if it's possible to create a unique setting rather than using that association.

[minigno]

But as you said, most of that is for planning, therefore probably doesn't need to be on a watch interface. I like to see wind when planning nights out with the telescope, but I'm typically at my computer while planning that.  I guess if you like that stuff on your wrist you like it...they are probably just handling the 80/20 rule and providing enough for what most people use.

[N8teGee]

Excellent, that would be very useful. Thanks @MatthewFitbit. 

[bbarrera]

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@minigno wrote:

But as you said, most of that is for planning, 

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@minigno planning, as in I walk outside with my bike and notice it is windy and want to estimate how long the ride will take. Or I just rode to the start of a group ride, and chatting with other riders about where to ride next weekend. I ride an average of 6 days a week, its my main form of exercise and stress relief and reason to not use my car. That is why wind is on my watch face. It wasn't available on the native weather app, but was on the Accuweather app (after changing defaults) and a nice bonus feature is that Accuweather Minutecast (also on watch) is super accurate at predicting rain moving thru area in next 120 minutes (my typical after work ride is 90 minutes). Thought some of those features might get rolled into Ionic because Fitbit is using Accuweather.

[Cml7]

I am in the UK. We use miles for distance and Centigrade for temperature!!!  We need to be able to have both miles and Centigrade. This is a basic configuration requirement. The fix identified does not solve the problem. Please provide a solution that supports this basic need. My phone manages to do this easily. I have no idea what 60F means.