The weather on every Strava ride, automatically

Turn it on once. About a minute after each ride uploads, a short summary of the weather you actually rode in is added to its description:

What’s in it

• Sky and temperature along the whole ride, at your elevation.
• Wind speed, direction and gusts.
• Headwind and tailwind share, measured against the direction you were actually riding, point by point from your GPS track.
• Minutes the wind cost or saved, from your speed, the grade and the wind on each stretch.
• Feels-like at speed on cold days, and rain when there was some.

How to turn it on

1. Open Route Forecast and connect Strava.
2. On Home, switch on Add weather to new rides automatically. Strava asks once for permission to edit your activity descriptions.
3. Ride. That’s it.

Indoor and virtual rides are skipped. Turn it off any time; that deletes the stored Strava sign-in. Privacy.

Questions

How do I add the weather to my Strava activities?

Connect Strava in Route Forecast and turn on “Add weather to new rides automatically.” Each new ride gets a short weather summary in its description about a minute after it uploads, from any device (Wahoo, Garmin, phone). Or add it to one recent ride with a tap.

Is it free?

Yes. No account and no subscription. You only need to connect Strava.

Does it change what I wrote?

No. The weather goes at the end of the description and anything you wrote stays. If a ride already has the summary, it’s left alone.

Where does the weather come from?

From Open-Meteo’s weather model, looked up at up to eight points along your actual GPS track, at the time you passed each one and at your recorded elevation.