# CBS Minnesota Weather — user reviews > 60 indexed App Store user reviews of CBS Minnesota Weather by CBS Local, rated 4.70/5 from 5,814 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cbs-minnesota-weather/id886645336/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cbs-minnesota-weather/id886645336.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,565 · 4★ 948 · 3★ 192 · 2★ 47 · 1★ 62 ## What do users think of CBS Minnesota Weather? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌟 Accurate and useful weather information - 📍 Localized and relevant data - 🗺️ Detailed radar and tracking features - 📺 Helpful video forecasts - 🔍 Easy to use and navigate **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes - ⏱️ Slow app loading and updates - 🔍 Cluttered and confusing interface - 💰 Too many ads - 🔌 Drains battery quickly **Commonly reported bugs** - Video audio cuts out after a minute - Radar overlay blocks important information - App fails to load on older devices **Most requested features** - Add closed captions to video forecasts - Improve hourly weather details - Optimize app for larger screens like iPads - Provide more customization options ## Newest reviews (17 of 60) ### 4/5 — Worth keeping even though I don’t live in the Twin Cities anymore *2023-04-02* is more accurate to my location and quicker and easier to get the information I need than any of the other weather apps I’ve used more accurate and useful radar and tracking than the main national maps responds better ### 4/5 — Great weather accuracy *2023-03-03* But the interface is a bit clunky. ### 3/5 — Frustrating forecast data *2022-11-15, version 5.5.902* So frustrating to try and understand the daily precipitation data. The summary percentage never matches the percentages shown for morning or evening and I haven’t found an explanation as to why. As someone else commented, the other frustration with the app is it’s slowness in updating information. Clearly the app is not a high priority for CBS, which is a shame. ### 3/5 — Love commercials need a headache plenty here *2021-09-11, version 5.3.901* Aw ### 5/5 — WCCO weather *2021-08-30, version 5.3.901* The weather person on WCCO, Lisa Meadows, is the best weather forecaster they have ever had! She should be the main weather commentator for the station. ### 5/5 — Weather reports *2021-08-29, version 5.3.901* I enjoy the WCCO weather reporters. Upbeat, hard working and informative. Burns, Osseo ,MN ### 4/5 — Worth keeping even though I don’t live in the Twin Cities anymore *2021-08-29, version 5.3.901* is more accurate to my location and quicker and easier to get the information I need than any of the other weather apps I’ve used ### 5/5 — Wcco weather app is simple, great graphics and straightforward to program and navigate *2021-08-28, version 5.3.901* it ### 2/5 — Great radar, poor hourly info. *2021-08-28, version 5.3.901* No dew point, no estimated rain amount, just not sufficient info. ### 3/5 — Sloooowwww load *2021-08-26, version 5.3.901* Love the content but it takes sooooo long to open! Can you fix that? ### 5/5 — Nice *2021-08-23, version 5.3.901* Instant radar ### 5/5 — Andrea *2021-08-06, version 5.3.901* Love this app ### 5/5 — Awesome App! *2021-07-24, version 5.3.901* Really great weather app. Use it every day! ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2021-07-07, version 5.3.901* To many ads ### 4/5 — CBS *2021-07-06, version 5.3.901* Problematic coverage ### 5/5 — Love this App! *2020-11-05, version 5.0.903* I’ve used this app from the beginning. Never had any problems. I especially like the Map feature. Video clips from previous broadcasts are especially helpful. ### 5/5 — Local focus all-in-one *2020-05-11, version 5.0.301* I like that this app has what I’m looking for (local conditions to plan around), without a bunch of extras that throw off navigation. I like the fast scroll design between the daily/hourly/map/video... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — They sell your location data *2022-12-10, version 5.5.902* Read the Privacy Policy. Scummy app. ### 1/5 — Video audio cuts out *2021-09-20, version 5.3.901* Audio cuts out on video forecasts after a minute or so. Been doing this for months. Horrible nobody has fixed it by now., ### 1/5 — MANY PROBLEMS!! *2020-02-19, version 4.10.2501* App rarely opens....no current conditions when it does.....one star rating is way too high ### 1/5 — Not informative *2019-06-28, version 4.8.900* The new CBS weather app went from a mediocre app to a terrible app. I’m planning on deleting it. Hope you listen to,the consumer and put the map back the way it was. In the meantime I’ll find a different app. ### 1/5 — Latest update screwed up radar badly *2019-06-27, version 4.8.900* All of the county-wide alerts now appear on top of (above) the radar, so you can’t even see the radar. Also, the color for severe thunderstorms got changed to red? Little confusing since tornadoes have always been red. Tried changing visibility to get rid of the severe weather overlay, but you can’t even do that. Map looks like unintelligible garbage now. Also glitches out hardcore when reopening the app. ### 1/5 — App will no longer load on my IPad 2 *2018-10-02, version 4.6.1702* The app just does not load on my IPad 2. It used to load very slowly, but not any longer. The Wink (Florida) version of this app works better. K ### 1/5 — Awful!! *2017-05-10, version 4.4.1003* Awful! Awful! Awful! It's never accurate! Can't even predict hours in advance accurately. It said 0% chance of rain so I got my car washed. It literally rained 2 hours later, and hard rain! 0% chance eh? ### 1/5 — Love the app but.... *2016-12-26, version 4.3.401* I love this app! It actually shows details in the tiny town that I live, but it constantly crashes. If you could fix the crashing then this would be the only weather app I would use! ### 1/5 — Not a go-to app *2016-12-13, version 4.3.401* This morning Tuesday around 1015 I pulled the app and selected the latest weather information. The only thing late about it was the video was addressing Friday through Sunday. I can do much better by looking out my window and checking online temps. Why does anyone post an app that is inept and futile?? ### 1/5 — It crashes consistently *2014-06-30, version 3.1* I downloaded this app and tried it out but didn't spend much time with it. It didn't crash though. Then an update came through that said it fixed crashes. Since then it hasn't loaded more than a few seconds before crashing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Travel conditions! *2023-04-01* This app helped us so much while we traveled in a huge loop through the western United States back to the Midwest during tumultuous weather times. Pulling a small trailer always was a consideration on roads we weren’t sure about. Thank goodness for this app! ### 5/5 — Why why why *2023-03-31* This was a one of the best weather apps, and my go to app to get the most accurate information on Minnesota weather. Seeing that it was going away at the end of the month I downloaded the other CBS app that we are now supposed to use. It was so bad that I deleted it after two days. no concise way to see the weather. No meaningful information to see the forecast. Why is it we have to settle for not even second best when we have some thing Excellent that works great? ### 5/5 — Great app…discontinuing??? *2023-03-27* I see the banner is now gone in regards to discontinuing this app. I hope that’s an indication that it will continue. The WCCO news app is useless when it comes to weather. There is too much information to plow through to get to the info. I hope ‘CCO has come to their senses and will continue THIS useful app!!! ### 5/5 — The perfect weather app *2023-03-19* I use this app every day and plan my activities around it. ### 5/5 — Really?!? *2023-03-18* This app will no longer be supported as of March 31st and I am sorely disappointed. Is was the best weather app available ane I relied upon it extensively, being I drive for my primary job and the weather affects how things go with my job. The app they are replacing this one with is completely substandard at best. WCCO ... You may not only have lost a user of your apps, but you may have also lost a viewer! NOT PLEASED WITH THIS DECISION! Even the built in weather app on my iPhone is better suited for my needs than what you have done here! Keep this app alive! ### 5/5 — Sorry they won’t support after the end of March *2023-03-14* This was great. Just the weather without all the other stuff. And it fit on an iPad. After the 31st, it will be the news app and that is only formatted for the phone. Sorry that CBS didn’t see the merit of this app. ### 5/5 — Discontinuing a good app? *2023-03-11* Why do I see banners at the top of the app telling that it will be discontinued and no longer supported as of March 31, 2023? Of all of my weather apps, this it the most accurate and easy to use. The alternative being suggested — CBS News Minnesota — is a bloated app, not focused on weather or school closings, etc. ### 5/5 — Killing the Best Wx App for Minnesotans? *2023-03-10* What are you thinking? I loaded the recommended CBS news app, & deleted it after three days. It’s a meandering non-user friendly app. It does not reload every time you open t. To update date, the user must clear it out from memory each time it’s accessed. WCCO, you lose my faith in you! Sadly. No one in power reass user reviews. 😡 ### 5/5 — My Go To *2022-09-28, version 5.5.902* I enjoy this handy reference to know what the weather is doing in our area or elsewhere. Very easy to use and is very accurate! The live radar weather map is my favorite feature! ### 5/5 — Ecco weather app! *2022-05-04, version 5.4.944* My daily helper!!! The only app. I use & trust! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*