The NBC 5 Chicago news and weather app connects you with local news, local weather and 24/7 free streaming. The app is free to download and to use and it delivers Chicago and Illinois breaking news alerts and weather alerts for your location that can be customized and easily managed in the app settings.
The app gives you access to 24/7 news from the award-winning NBC 5 Chicago news team, covering the issues and concerns most important to residents in the Chicago area and Illinois. The NBC 5 Storm Team delivers accurate Chicago local forecasts that keep app users safe and informed while on the go. Access a powerful weather radar, local traffic updates, live updates on developing stories in Chicago and beyond, Chicago sports news, entertainment news, lifestyle, business news and financial insights all in one app. The app has the following features:
NBC 5 CHICAGO WEATHER NEWS
+ Customizable weather home screen with weather modules you can rearrange
+ Upgraded location hub to add new locations and set up weather alerts
+ Live Doppler 5, a weather radar owned by the station, with exclusive features and data
+ 10-day weather forecasts for your Illinois region
+ Hourly forecasts featuring a customizable graph
+ Chicago weather maps, storm tracker and radar
+ Chicago weather forecast data that includes UV index, airy quality and other live weather conditions
+ Weather alerts for every location you save in the app
+ Weather closings for Chicago- area schools
+ Weather news videos from your local meteorologists
NBC 5 CHICAGO BREAKING NEWS ALERTS
+ Alerts for Chicago local news, national headlines and world news that can be personalized and managed in the app settings
+Top News of the day, covering breaking news, politics, urgent product recalls, weird stories and good news
+ Latest news feed that shows all articles and videos published in reverse chronological order
+ Alerts center that shows you the most urgent stories of the day that you might’ve missed if you didn’t click on push notifications
+Trending section where you can discover daily, buzz-worthy topics in local news and pop culture
NBC CHICAGO NEWS 24/7 STREAMING CHANNEL
+ Free 24/7 streaming channel for nonstop local Chicago news, weather and special coverage around the clock, wherever you are
+ Breaking news live coverage of news briefings and other urgent news events
+ Dedicated video page with the latest video feed
+ Entertainment and lifestyle videos from Access
NBC CHICAGO INVESTIGATIONS & MORE
+ Investigative stories from local and award-winning Chicago journalists
+ NBC 5 Responds reports that solve your consumer problems and fight to get your money back
+ Business news, finance news and stock market news from CNBC
+ Entertainment and celebrity news from E! Online and Access
+ Lifestyle and entertainment news from NBC TODAY show
NBC 5 Chicago is owned by NBCUniveral as part of the NBCUniversal Local Owned Stations. NBC 5 first aired on October 8, 1948, as WNBQ, NBC's third owned-and-operated television station. In August 1964, the station's call letters changed to WMAQ-TV, which stands for "We Must Ask Questions." The NBC Chicago team has become known for its extensive Chicago-area and Illinois digital coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. And the NBC 5 Storm Team, with the power of Live Doppler 5, a weather radar owned by the station, provides Chicago's Most Accurate Forecast, a distinction certified by independent television weather forecast verification company Weatherate.
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What's New in NBC 5 Chicago
8.1
December 18, 2024
This version has a brand-new weather section with customizable features, upgraded radar settings, improved location experience, simplified navigation and much more:
· Dynamic Layout: It lets you customize your weather home screen by rearranging weather modules based on your preferences.
· Improved Legibility: clear, larger fonts and easy-to-understand icons
· Improved Location Experience: the new location hub makes it easy to add new locations and set up weather alerts.
· Revised Radar Settings: We streamlined and reorganized radar layers and overlays.
· Clear Information Hierarchy: We restructured the layout to prioritize essential weather data.
·Upgraded Weather Alerts Settings: We moved the weather alerts settings to the weather section of the app.
We’re excited to share it with you, and we can’t wait to hear what you think of it. Please rate our app in the app store and keep sending us your feedback to WMAQdigitalfeedback@nbcuni.com.
Are you kidding me?!? Your app (yes… It is YOUR app! Not me… Not my phone… Not user error… etc…) has not been displayed correct times, temperature, or really any data for MONTHS NOW!! I have confirmed this with multiple other friends and family members, and they are all having the same issue as well! It will say “your location” 8pm and 70 degrees when it’s 1am and 58 degrees out. Then slide to the next location on my list (the city I live in/should be my location as well) and it gives a completely different time and temperature like 2pm and 82 degrees outside. And yes… It does the same thing with neighboring cities as well… It’s literally all sorts out of whack! Get someone on patching this issue already, will you?? This is ridiculous that I haven’t been able to use my go to weather app anymore for literal months now because no data is syncing and/or is displaying correctly!
