Brolly, a plain-text weather forecast site
The UK MET office recently redesigned their site, adding a lot of additional whitespace, scrolling, and animations. This significantly reduced its usability for me, and left me wanting an ‘at a glance’ weather site. I made https://brolly.sh, a minimalist, plain text weather forecasting site. You can use it to view weather from around the world, with: 7 day forecast; Previous day log (so you can confirm it definitely was cooler / hotter / wetter / drier yesterday!); Hourly rain, wind, temperature, conditions; Hourly UV, air quality and pollen, including pollen type…
Brolly, a plain-text weather forecast site launched on July 25, 2026 with 228 votes, #135 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Brolly is a minimalist plain-text weather forecasting site that prioritizes quick information access over visual design. It provides seven-day forecasts, hourly breakdowns of rain, wind, temperature, and conditions, plus UV, air quality, and pollen data. Users can search locations worldwide, view previous day logs to verify weather changes, and customize units. The site was created as a cleaner alternative to modern weather sites cluttered with whitespace and animations.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Plain-text weather forecast for York, England, United Kingdom. 7-day forecast, previous day comparison, hourly conditions, UV index, air quality, and pollen data.
Day Conditions Temp Wind Precip Yesterday p.cloudy 14-19 10/20 0 *Today overcast 12-22 7/14 3 Mon 07/09 overcast 17-20 9/19 0 Tue 08/09 p.cloudy 12-17 12/23 3.3 Wed 09/09 m.clear 10-17 7/14 0 Thu 10/09 p.cloudy 11-19 9/16 0.1 Fri 11/09 m.clear 14-19 7/14 0.5 Sat 12/09 l.drizzle 12-16 5/10 7.6 < Yesterday Today Mon 07/09 > C % 25| | 100 23| %%%%%% %% CCC |87.5 21|%%% %% % C CCC%%| 75 19| C % %%%CC|62.5 17| C CCC %%% | 50 15|CC C |37.5 13| CCCCCCC | 25 11| |12.5 9| | 0 +------------------------+ 0 6 12 18 ^ now now humidity 70% (temp 18.5C) Grass ......................*. Mugwort *....................... 0 6 12 18 ^ now . low - medium = high # v.high * peak now grass 1.2 (low) search / weather…from brolly.sh
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The UK MET office recently redesigned their site, adding a lot of additional whitespace, scrolling, and animations. This significantly reduced its usability for me, and left me wanting an ‘at a glance’ weather site. I made https://brolly.sh, a minimalist, plain text weather forecasting site. You can use it…
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