Hundreds of iPhone users report seeing a nearly empty screen as the Weather Channel data source appe
iPhone users trying to check the forecast on Tuesday, April 28 were met with an unwelcome surprise, a nearly empty screen where their weather information should have been.
Apple Weather began experiencing a widespread outage on April 28, 2026, according to user reports tracked by Downdetector, the online service monitoring platform. Rather than pulling up temperature readings, hourly forecasts, or location data, the app presented users with a blank or near-empty interface that offered little to no useful information.
What appears to be causing the problem
The disruption does not appear to originate within Apple Weather itself but rather with its underlying data source. Apple Weather relies on The Weather Channel to power its forecasts, and hundreds of users simultaneously flagged problems with The Weather Channel on Downdetector around the same time the Apple Weather complaints began surfacing. The timing strongly suggests the two issues are directly connected.
Adding to the frustration, users also reported difficulties reaching Apple Support, with a separate wave of complaints about that service appearing on Downdetector as well. For users trying to troubleshoot the blank screen on their own devices, the inability to reach support left many without any clear path to a resolution.
Apple has not acknowledged the issue
Despite the volume of user reports, Apple’s own System Status webpage had not flagged any problems with Apple Weather as of Tuesday afternoon, listing the service as functioning normally. That disconnect between the official status page and the real-world experience of hundreds of users only deepened the confusion for those trying to determine whether the problem was on their end or Apple’s.
It remains unclear how long the outage will last or whether Apple plans to issue a formal acknowledgment of the disruption.
Source: USA Today (reporting by Fernando Cervantes Jr.)