How to Set Weather Widget on iPhone Lock Screen

This wiki page will show you how to check the weather on your iPhone by swiping the screen to the right when the phone is locked.

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Enable weather widget on lock screen

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Open Settings on iPhone. This app has a gray gear (⚙️) on the home screen.

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Tap Notifications . This option is near the top, next to the red icon with a white square inside.

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Scroll down and tap News . Applications will be listed in alphabetical order.

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Slide the button next to “Show on Lock Screen” to the “On” position. It is in the second part of the screen and will turn green.

Make sure Allow Notifications and Show in Notification Center are also enabled.

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Press the “Home” button. It’s the round button below the screen.

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Swipe right. This will open the “Today” section of the Notification Center from the home screen.

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Scroll down and tap Edit . It’s a round button below all the options.

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Scroll down. The applications in the second section will be listed in alphabetical order.

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Press the green button ⊕ next to the Weather section. This will add the Weather widget to the Notification Center .

The red circle means the selection is available in the Notification Center .
Scroll to the top of the screen and hold “≡” next to the Weather section to slide it up or down, changing its location in the Notification Center .

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Press Done . This option is located in the upper right corner of the screen.

See the weather on the lock screen

Turn off the screen. Turn off the screen by pressing the button on the right side of the iPhone case. On older phones, this button was at the top; On newer phones, this button is on the right side.

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Press the “Home” button. The lock screen will appear.

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Swipe right. The Weather section and other widgets that have been added to the Notification Center will be displayed.

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Enable weather widget on lock screen

See the weather on the lock screen

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