Rain can block your plans on many occasions, so in this guide we will explain how to activate an alarm on your mobile for know in advance when it will rain.
With the help of apps and widgets, you can get alerts on your phone that they warn you that the clouds are approaching and, therefore, that it is time to pull out the umbrella and book the outdoor plans for another weekend.
Many of us often use apps to know the weather forecast for the next few days. However, the rain might surprise you if you don't consult these apps on a frequent basis.
The solution we propose in this article is activate an alarm that warns you of the arrival of rain, which you can do with apps and widgets dedicated to this feature. Here's how to do it step by step.
By activating a rain alarm on your mobile you can know in advance when it will rain.
App to put a rain alarm on your mobile
In Google Play you can find several applications that are responsible for sending alarms when it is about to rain. Thus, you can plan better and avoid rain when you go out.
Most important of all is the rain alarm, also known as a rain alert. As you can read from its description, this app uses information from government weather services to do its job.
Rain Alarm detects any type of precipitation (rain, hail or snow) and warns you with a notification, vibration or sound, depending on what you configure.
To do this, click on the button with three dots in the upper right corner and go up Settings> Alarms to configure notifications. With the free version of Rain Alarm, you can set up notifications to be sent only when rain is nearby.
For example, with the help of this application you can go for a run and get an alarm when it's time to go home because the rain is coming. In addition to configuring these alarms, in Rain Alarm you can also check the weather forecast.
Another application to activate a rain alarm on your mobile is Rain Radar, free to download dal Google Play Store.
As in the previous application, Rain Radar warns you of the arrival of rain in so that you can successfully plan your outdoor projects.
Go to the left menu, click Settings or Settings and activate the notification box to receive alerts on your mobile when rain is coming.
Obviously, this free application does not lack the map where it is possible see how the clouds will advance in the next hours.
Activate a rain alarm on your mobile with widgets
If you prefer another method to know the imminent arrival of rain in the municipality where you reside, you can rely on the installation of weather widget on the mobile home screen.
The first widget we recommend is the note widget AccuWeather application, with over 50 million downloads on the Play Store.
This widget will allow you to monitor the weather forecast and receive weather alerts on your mobile without having to open the app, which we often forget to do.
Once the app is installed, go to the Widget menu on your phone and add the AccuWeather menu to the home screen. Subsequently, configure notifications to receive rain alerts at your convenience.
Another useful widget you can add to your home screen is the app Rain Alarm, described in the previous paragraphs.
This app also has a well developed widget which gives you all the weather information without having to log into the app and that it also warns you of the arrival of rain.
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