BOM weather app a hit with Aussies

The new Bureau of Meteorology app is a hit with Australians, with 250,000 downloads in the 10 days since its launch.

Bureau of Meteorology launches weather app to keep up with smartphone-obsessed Australians (Bureau of Meteorology) Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Australians have used the new Bureau of Meteorology app to check the weather 1.6 million times since its launch 10 days ago.

The app has averaged 25,000 downloads every day since its launch on October 7 and it's been given 4.5 stars by consumers.

BOM director Andrew Johnson told a Senate committee on Monday he was delighted by the app's success and proud of the team's work developing it.