MSN Weather down? Current outages and solutions
MSN Weather seems to be online
How to fix problems with MSN Weather
Start with the outage graph above. These are the services other apps get their forecasts from, so an outage here shows up in several apps at once.
- Check whether more than one weather app is stale
- Look at the last-updated time rather than the forecast
- Refresh manually
- Try MSN Weather on mobile data instead of Wi-Fi, or the other way round
- Make sure the MSN Weather app and your browser are up to date
- Restart your device - it clears more temporary faults than it has any right to
Frequently asked questions about MSN Weather
Several weather apps are wrong at once.
That points at the underlying data service rather than any of the apps, which is what this category tracks.
Can I get a forecast some other way?
Your national meteorological service publishes directly and runs on separate infrastructure, so it is usually unaffected.
How do I know if MSN Weather is down for everyone?
Look at the outage graph above. A sudden spike in reports means the problem is on the MSN Weather side and there is nothing to fix at your end. A flat graph points at something local - your connection, your device, or your account.
MSN Weather is down. What can I actually do?
When the reports are widespread, waiting is the honest answer - the service is being restored by people who already know about it. Before you settle in, it is worth checking your internet connection and reloading MSN Weather once, because that rules out the handful of causes that look identical from your side.
Why is MSN Weather working for other people but not for me?
Outages are often partial. They can hit one region, one platform, or one group of accounts while everything else carries on. Your own connection, an old app version or a cached login can also produce a problem only you can see.