North Weather uses a handful of small first-party cookies and browser storage entries to remember your choices. None of them are used for advertising, analytics or tracking you on other sites.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Set | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
wr_loc | Cookie | Remembers the place found with the location button, so the home page opens on your forecast | Only after you use the location button | 1 year |
wl_units | Cookie | Remembers your °C or °F choice | Only when you use the unit switch | 1 year |
wl-theme | Local storage | Remembers light or dark mode; never sent to our server | Only when you use the theme button | Until you clear it |
nw_recent | Local storage | Remembers the last five places you opened, shown as "Recent locations" in the search box; never sent to our server | When you open a place page | Until you clear it |
wr_geo | Session storage | Keeps the approximate city shown in the header for this browsing session, so it is not looked up on every page | On your first page view | When you close the tab or browser |
We do not place third-party cookies. Map tiles and some images come from other servers (Esri, OpenWeatherMap, NASA GIBS, NOAA); those requests include your IP address like any web request. See the privacy policy for details.
You can delete cookies and site data at any time in your browser settings, and clear your recent places with the Clear link in the search box. The site keeps working: it simply opens on Toronto — or your approximate city — in °C and the light theme until you choose again.
If we ever add analytics or advertising cookies, this page will be updated first and you will be asked for consent where the law requires it.