App
Rain Radar
By CrispGarmin · vv2.8.2
Rating
4.6
Reviews
5
Downloads
1,000
Price
Free
Description
DataField for the most recent (UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Italy, Australia, [Spain - experimental]) rain radar at four zoom levels with background context map. Use as a full-screen datafield or as part of a complex data-screen on higher resol
What's New
Full changelog available below and online at https://garminapps.com/RainRadar.html ** if you have any issues, please use to "Contact Developer" from the app page or direct (crispgarmin_at_gmail.com) as this allows things to be resolved - unfortunately Garmin review processes are anonymous and don't allow interaction. I will *always* reply; if you send a message please check spam for contacts from CrispGarmin - thank you! v2.8.2 - 5 May 2026 Fix: Help/Contact menu Fix: Text typo v2.8.1 - 3 May 2026 Add: Wind speed units display Update: Exception handling v2.8.0 - 18 April 2026 Add: device support for Approach, Descent and MARQ series Add: Warning for future (v3.0+) limits on imagery per month (not on Edge or CIQ 5.1.0 devices) Fix: Memory management (Edge 1050 should see less layout memory issues) // v2.7.4 - 16 April 2026 Add: Device support for D2 Mach 2 Pro Update: Improve logging v2.7.3 - 22 March 2026 Add: Device support for Forerunner (255-Music, 955) and Venu3 Update: Standardise logging v2.7.2 - 22 March 2026 Fix: Handle more multiple, repetitive exceptions v2.7.1 - 21 March 2026 Update: Improve logging v2.7.0 - 17 March 2026 Add: Devices (Fenix7, VivoActive5, etc) Fix: Initialise() exception handler (from ERA) Update: SDK 9.1.0 v2.6.3 - 26 February 2026 Fix: Handle more multiple, repetitive exceptions v2.6.2 - 18 February 2026 Fix: Handle (more) multiple, repetitive exceptions v2.6.1 - 16 February 2026 Fix: Handle multiple, repetitive exceptions Update: Change colour support to 256 colours for most devices v2.6.0 - 1 February 2026 Add: Change user orientation to red arrow graphic Fix: improve fallback for out-of-memory layouts v2.5.1 - 19 January 2026 Fix: Prevent compute() from attempting to request further images if memory issues v2.5.0 - 14 January 2026 Add: New layout failover and UX messages for Garmin memory issues Add: Spain (mainland) - experimental v2.4.5 - 6 January 2026 Fix: Improve startup position detection, graphics handling and logging v2.4.0 - 6 January 2026 Add: ageing to history animation v2.3.1 - 4 January 2026 Fix: excessive logging, improved exception handling, Edge Explore 2 issue v2.3.0 - 2 January 2026 Add: improved exception handling Add: icons for experimental animation v2.2.0 - 15 December 2025 Add: Italy Add: Venu, Instinct, VivoActive watch support Fix: standardised zoom levels Fix: improved exception handling Update: SDK 8.4.0 v2.1.0 - 28 November 2025 Add: wind direction arrow, speed (+ units) and associated display controls in settings v2.0.4 - 27 November 2025 Fix: "Last:" timestamp for correct local timezone Fix: improved layout detection and optimisation v2.0.3 - 23 November 2025 Fix: retry timer (delay) for invalid server responses v2.0.2 - 23 November 2025 Add: foundations for error reporting and experimental feature previews Fix: unnecessary datafield layout refresh Fix: improve server reliability and message reporting for missing radar data v2.0.1 - 19 November 2025 Add: Canada Fix: layout change loading and refreshing current zoom image Fix: handle server-side image failure and version check v2.0.0 - 10 November 2025 Add: Watch support with Forerunner-x65/x70 and Fenix-8 series Add: Sweden radar coverage v1.7.0 - 3 November 2025 Fix: EdgeMTB custom palette support v1.6.2 - 31 October 2025 Fix: local image time display (timezone offset) v1.6.1 - 29 October 2025 Fix: screen layout (e.g. 2-field now correctly displays on larger Edge screens) Fix: background processing detection / suppression v1.6.0 - 26 October 2025 Add: custom settings for Background Map Intensity and Rain Radar Overlay Opacity v1.5.0 - 6 October 2025 Add: Australia (Victoria) - experimental Add: current wind direction indicator - experimental v1.4.0 - 24 September 2025 Add: background Update setting (default is off and so not refresh when datafield is not visible) v1.3.0 - 24 September 2025 Add: France, Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg radar coverage
Compatible Devices (72)
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Reviews (5)
First of all, thank you for the app. In Central Europe (Bavaria) it works initially, then suddenly a few minutes later the field only displays "IQ" and nothing else is shown. When it works, the app is great.