Weather Alerts
Frost, gales, rain, snow, heat — and flood warnings. Free.
Turn on weather alerts for any property and Kepthouse watches the forecast for your postcode three times a day. When frost, strong winds, heavy rain, snow and ice or extreme heat are on the way — or the Environment Agency issues a flood alert for your area in England — you get a push notification in time to do something about it: lag the pipes, bring the furniture in, clear the gutters, move the car.
The problem
- The first hard frost catches you out and splits an outside tap
- A gale takes the trampoline into next door's greenhouse
- Blocked gutters overflow during the first big downpour of autumn
- A flood warning goes out for your road and you find out too late
The fix
Kepthouse cross-references the forecast for your property's postcode against the conditions you care about and the live Environment Agency flood feed, then sends a single timely notification before the worst of it — with the property name so you know which home it's about.
Three taps and you're done
- Add your property — enter the address. Kepthouse uses the postcode to find the forecast for your location, and confirms the spot on a map.
- Turn on weather alerts — from the property edit screen, or run the Set Up Weather Alerts wizard. Tick the conditions you want to watch.
- Watch the dashboard — active warnings appear as severity-coded tiles, and you get a push notification for anything critical.
Six conditions, one timely nudge
- Frost — overnight lows at or below freezing in the next 48 hours
- Gales — strong winds that could move furniture, fencing or loose items
- Heavy rain — significant rainfall — a prompt to clear gutters and drains
- Snow & ice — snow or icy conditions forecast for your area
- Extreme heat — unusually high temperatures forecast
- Flood (England) — live Environment Agency flood alerts and warnings for your location
- Pick which conditions to watch per property — enable on as many homes as you like
- Severity-coded dashboard tiles, plus push notifications for critical warnings (with snooze, capped at midnight for frost)
- Forecast refreshed three times a day; flood data checked more often when alerts are active
- Global and per-type toggles in Notification Preferences
- Free — no premium required
FAQ
Where does the weather data come from?
Forecasts come from MET Norway (the Norwegian Meteorological Institute) Locationforecast API. Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency's real-time flood-monitoring service. Both are accessed through Kepthouse's server — no account or API key needed. Kepthouse is independent and not affiliated with either organisation.
Why is the flood option greyed out?
The Environment Agency flood service covers England only, so the flood checkbox is automatically disabled for properties outside England. The other five alert types work UK-wide.
Do I need a postcode in the address?
Yes — weather alerts use the property postcode to find the forecast for your location. If the address doesn't contain a detectable UK postcode, the Weather Alerts card prompts you to add one.
How is this different from plant warnings?
Weather alerts only need a postcode and warn about conditions affecting your home. Plant warnings need plants linked to a property and warn about risks to those specific plants — frost on tender species, blight risk, nearby pest outbreaks. Use either, or both.
Does it cost anything?
No. Weather alerts are free for all users. There's no upsell — it's one of the genuinely useful things a home app can do.
Can I turn it off without losing the setup?
Yes. There's a global toggle and per-type toggles in Notification Preferences, plus a per-property master switch on each property's Weather Alerts card. Flip them back on any time.
Get weather alerts today
Free, no sign-up required. Works on Android 8.0 and above.