Some people dream of going to Disneyworld or Paris, I dream of hanging out in Santa Monica, California and bumping into celebrities at every cafe. To support my dream, I want to see the weather there when I open the weather app on my iPhone 6. How do I do that?
It’s good to have dreams and if you have to pick somewhere, Santa Monica’s not a bad place at all, perched on the bluff above the beautiful Pacific Ocean. There’s a nice beach, beautiful walking path, and, of course, expensive, oh-so-trendy eateries all along the main street, full of people from the entertainment industry. Of course, whether you’d actually recognize any of them is another story because for every highly recognizable celebrity there are probably 500+ people who work to get them on screen, all of whom also hang out in Santa Monica but none of whom are recognizable.
Still, it’s your dream, and that’s all good!
There are a lot of weather apps for the iPhone available through the App Store, but let’s stay with the default app because it’s already on your phone. Problem is, it tries to be smart and defaults to showing the weather in your current location. If you were standing at Broadway and Lincoln, it’d show you Santa Monica weather, but if you’re in Pocatello, Idaho, well, you won’t be reveling in the California weather. Or if you were in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah…
Look very closely at the bottom and you’ll see, we’re viewing the “triangle” screen, the weather based on geographic location. There are also three cities I’ve already programmed into my Weather app, hence the three additional tiny grey dots.
But we don’t want to tap on those. Tap instead on the lower right icon, the three horizontal lines.
I actually like this view and often leave the Weather app in this screen for a quick glimpse of what it’s like in the cities that matter most to me.
But we’re adding Santa Monica, we are, so tap on the “+” icon on the screen.
Easy enough, just start typing in the name of the city.
In this case, “Santa” is as far as I had to go to see “Santa Monica, CA” pop up on screen:
A tap on “Santa Monica, CA, United States” and it’s added.
As you’d expect, it then shows up on the list:
63F at 11pm? I guess that’s not too horrible.
Oh, and here’s a handy tip: If you’d rather see temperatures in Celsius, simply tap on the “C / F” display just below the new city you’ve added.
Want more detail about the forecast? Just tap on the city name:
Rather pleasantly cool for late June into early July. In fact, Wednesday looks like a peach of a day, perfect for enjoying one of those outdoor café seating areas…
One more thing before we’re done: If you ever want to remove a city from your weather lineup, simply go to the tiles view and swipe right-to-left:
Tap on “Delete” and it’s gone. Until you add it again.
Good luck on your dream of enjoying all the sights and experiences of Santa Monica!