Rain, Hail or Shine. See the Weather in Google Maps!

Whether you’re organising a trip overseas or a picnic at a local park, knowing the weather forecast is a crucial part of the planning process. Google have added a weather layer on Google Maps that displays current temps and conditions around the globe, and will hopefully make travel and activity planning easier.

To add the weather layer, hover over the widget in the upper right corner of Google Maps and select the weather layer from the list of options. Enabling the weather layer also gives you an instant weather report for friends and family living around the world. For example, it looks like London isn’t experiencing the best summer weather right now:

Clicking on the weather icon for a particular city will open an info window with detailed data like current humidity and wind conditions, as well as a forecast for the next four days. Below is the upcoming forecast Sydney, which seems to have similar weather to London!

Changing the units of wind speed (Mph/KMph) and temperature (F/C), and enabling or disabling the clouds (when you’re zoomed out), can also be done from the left-hand panel.

Cross Posted from: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com