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NBC 5 Chicago: News & Weather v8.6.1

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About this app

Developer Description

Local Chicago news and weather alerts. Watch NBC 5 Chicago live 24/7.

The NBC 5 Chicago news and weather app connects you with local news, local weather and 24/7 free streaming. The app is free to download and to use and it delivers Chicago and Illinois breaking news alerts and weather alerts for your location that can be customized and easily managed in the app settings.

The app gives you access to 24/7 news from the award-winning NBC 5 Chicago news team, covering the issues and concerns most important to residents in the Chicago area and Illinois. The NBC 5 Storm Team delivers accurate Chicago local forecasts that keep app users safe and informed while on the go. Access a powerful weather radar, local traffic updates, live updates on developing stories in Chicago and beyond, Chicago sports news, entertainment news, lifestyle, business news and financial insights all in one app. The app has the following features:


NBC 5 CHICAGO WEATHER NEWS
+ Customizable weather home screen with weather modules you can rearrange
+ Upgraded location hub to add new locations and set up weather alerts
+ Live Doppler 5, a weather radar owned by the station, with exclusive features and data
+ 10-day weather forecasts for your Illinois region
+ Hourly forecasts featuring a customizable graph
+ Chicago weather maps, storm tracker and radar
+ Chicago weather forecast data that includes UV index, airy quality and other live weather conditions
+ Weather alerts for every location you save in the app
+ Weather closings for Chicago- area schools
+ Weather news videos from your local meteorologists

NBC 5 CHICAGO BREAKING NEWS ALERTS
+ Alerts for Chicago local news, national headlines and world news that can be personalized and managed in the app settings
+Top News of the day, covering breaking news, politics, urgent product recalls, weird stories and good news
+ Latest news feed that shows all articles and videos published in reverse chronological order
+ Alerts center that shows you the most urgent stories of the day that you might’ve missed if you didn’t click on push notifications
+Trending section where you can discover daily, buzz-worthy topics in local news and pop culture

NBC CHICAGO NEWS 24/7 STREAMING CHANNEL
+ Free 24/7 streaming channel for nonstop local Chicago news, weather and special coverage around the clock, wherever you are
+ Breaking news live coverage of news briefings and other urgent news events
+ Dedicated video page with the latest video feed
+ Entertainment and lifestyle videos from Access

NBC CHICAGO INVESTIGATIONS & MORE
+ Investigative stories from local and award-winning Chicago journalists
+ NBC 5 Responds reports that solve your consumer problems and fight to get your money back
+ Business news, finance news and stock market news from CNBC
+ Entertainment and celebrity news from E! Online and Access
+ Lifestyle and entertainment news from NBC TODAY show

NBC 5 Chicago is owned by NBCUniveral as part of the NBCUniversal Local Owned Stations. NBC 5 first aired on October 8, 1948, as WNBQ, NBC's third owned-and-operated television station. In August 1964, the station's call letters changed to WMAQ-TV, which stands for "We Must Ask Questions." The NBC Chicago team has become known for its extensive Chicago-area and Illinois digital coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. And the NBC 5 Storm Team, with the power of Live Doppler 5, a weather radar owned by the station, provides Chicago's Most Accurate Forecast, a distinction certified by independent television weather forecast verification company Weatherate.

The NBC 5 Chicago local news and weather app features Nielsen’s proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Nielsen’s TV Ratings. Please see www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.

Your Privacy Choices: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/notrtoo?brandA=Owned_Stations&intake=NBC_Chicago/
CA Notice: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy/california-consumer-privacy-act?intake=NBC_Chicago

What's New

Video Shorts: We’ve added a new section to the home screen where you can watch short, phone-friendly news videos from our local journalists.

Please rate our app in the Play Store and send your feedback to WMAQdigitalfeedback@nbcuni.com.

Version Information

Version
8.6.1
Downloads
100K+
Updated on
Dec 17, 2025
Released
Apr 2, 2012
Requires
Android 9

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NBC 5 Chicago: News & Weather users say on Google Play

★★★★★
KATHY S. KATHY S.

Radar weather was spot on the sky was growling, hail non-stop for what felt like 10-15 minutes!! We live in Manteno, the whole day was just weird weather!!

41 Mar 19, 2025
★★★★
Debbie Bryant Debbie Bryant

Good app. It hasn't crashed or hogged memory. I would like to see a few tweaks here and there in the weather report, but overall, I like the changes.

25 Oct 1, 2021
★★★
Chris Kaas Chris Kaas

App was great until the latest update. There is no longer a setting to show the temperature in the status bar with current conditions and to quickly launch the app to see more weather. The settings menu is much harder to find now.

27 Jul 22, 2021
★★
Nateba Montgomery Nateba Montgomery

Before the recent update, this was my favorite news app. Now it's my least favorite. I used to get all the latest news LOCALLY, before most of the other news apps, and I used to get the weather on my Note 10+ drop down menu. Now, I seldom get the updated LOCAL news, and no longer get the weather in my drop down menu. This option is also not available in your settings to be changed. The majority of the LOCAL news that I get now is the Olympics news. Please change your app back!

73 Aug 6, 2021
Mary Parker Mary Parker

Disappointed in the update. Missing the ability for constant display of current temp on phone notification bar as before. With the lack of color and extra white space, the text in various shades of black and grey are now smaller and harder to read at a glance and could benefit with a larger font. Also, have had several glitches in the "Discover" tabs menu for more stories- i.e. under Weather & Entertainment, hockey and baseball sub categories appear at random times & Live TV option is also gone.

206 Jul 17, 2021

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