Action News Jax Weather
Cox Media Group Weather iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Action News Jax Weather is a free Weather app for iPhone and iPad by Cox Media Group. Rated 4.7/5 from 6,353 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.7
- 6.3K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 246 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jun 19
- 2026 · v6.2.517
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About Action News Jax Weather
Get the most accurate Jacksonville-area forecast in town with the First Alert Weather App from Action News Jax - WJAX/WFOX. The app features the forecast from your neighborhood, live radar, breaking weather alerts, live streaming video from Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh and the First Alert weather team. Summary of Features: - There is a new radar in the weather app that matches the radar found on other digital platforms and also includes future radar to provide you with a likely path and outlook of storms. The radar has 250 meter resolution, the highest available. - New tracks - We added earthquakes and storm tracks as layers in the radar. Now you can track the location and magnitude of earthquakes as well for storms the speed, direction and type. Tap the “storm symbols” icon in the radar to see the list. - Push alerts are FREE for more than 25 alert types including everything from tornado warnings to winter storm warnings and tropical storm alert types. - Now you can scroll through the home screen to access most of what you need or want on one tab. - Place a location pin precisely where you want it for a specific address or any position on a map. When saving a location you can name it exactly how you want it. - The app works with identical features on tablet and handset. - Additional items added seasonally The weather app also has these critical benefits and features: - The radar zooms down to your neighborhood or zooms out to check radar anywhere in the country. - The app provides Location-Based alerts. While many other apps offer alerts based on your county, This app supports a more precise type of alert issued for the most dangerous types of weather threats. More precision means you get alerts that matter to you, not false alarms. - Current conditions, hourly and daily forecasts for any location you enter. - High resolution satellite cloud imagery - Ability to add and save locations - A fully integrated GPS for current location awareness - Additional items added seasonally *Data and alerting available for the United States only
Ratings & reviews
4.7
6.3K ratings
What’s new
Version 6.2.517 · Updated June 19, 2026
Bug fixes and performance improvements
App privacy
The developer, Cox Media Group, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Location: Precise Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data, Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Crash Data
- Location: Precise Location
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action News Jax Weather | 4.7 / 5 (6,353 ratings) | Free | June 19, 2026 |
| News4Jax Weather Authority | 4.7 / 5 (24,190) | Free | Jul 16, 2026 |
| JaxReady | 4.1 / 5 (9) | Free | Jan 29, 2025 |
| First Alert Weather | 4.7 / 5 (19,596) | Free | Aug 11, 2026 |
| WWBT First Alert Weather | 4.7 / 5 (22,573) | Free | Aug 11, 2026 |
| WMC5 First Alert Weather | 4.7 / 5 (16,070) | Free | Aug 11, 2026 |
| News 6 Pinpoint Weather WKMG | 4.8 / 5 (12,278) | Free | Jun 26, 2026 |