| Service | Price/mo | Has Weather Channel? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | No |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | No |
| Sling Orange | $45.99 | No |
| DirecTV Stream | $82.99 | Yes |
| YouTube TV | $82.99 | Yes |
| Fubo | $89.00 | Yes |
| Hulu + Live TV | $89.99 | Yes |
Prices and lineups as of 2026-07-19. Verify on the provider's own page before you sign up; carriage and pricing change often and can vary by zip code.
Sling usually splits its lineup between Sling Orange (ESPN and Disney-owned channels) and Sling Blue (Fox News, USA Network, and most general-entertainment channels), so a channel missing one tier but present on the other is the normal pattern on this site. Weather Channel is not that kind of gap. Checked against Sling's own channel lineup on 2026-08-07, it is absent from both Orange and Blue, and it is not sold as a paid add-on on either tier. If Weather Channel is a must-have for your household, cross both Sling plans off the list, not just one.
Every other live-TV streaming service we track carries it except Philo, which covers a different case below. That makes the real household decision "YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, or DirecTV Stream," not a Sling-tier question the way it is on several other channel pages on this site.
Philo does not carry Weather Channel, matching Sling's gap. Unlike Sling, Philo's channel lineup includes a live AccuWeather channel for national forecasts. That is a genuinely different network, owned by a different company, with different programming and different on-air meteorologists, not a rebranded or licensed version of Weather Channel's own feed. If your household specifically wants Weather Channel's own personalities and coverage, AccuWeather on Philo does not deliver that, even though both channels answer the same general "what's the forecast" need.
That distinction matters more here than on most channel pages on this site, since the two services people most often confuse (Weather Channel and AccuWeather TV) are not interchangeable products just because they cover the same topic.
Several channels on this site carry active or recent carriage fights tied to a parent company: MSNBC andCNBC lost Fubo carriage in the 2026 Comcast/Versant spinoff, and other pages on this site trace gaps back to Warner Bros. Discovery or A+E Networks disputes. Weather Channel is not tied to any of those companies. Allen Media Group, led by Byron Allen, has owned Weather Channel since 2018, separate from Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal/Versant, and A+E Networks. YouTube TV and Allen Media Group renewed their carriage agreement in early 2026, and a fresh WebSearch check on 2026-08-07 found no open carriage dispute affecting Weather Channel on any of the seven services listed above.
That makes Weather Channel one of the more stable entries on this site to plan around: the Sling gap and the Philo substitution are settled facts, not moving disputes that could flip again next quarter the way some sibling pages describe.
Weather Channel's traffic and relevance are not flat across the calendar the way most channels on this site are. Search interest in "how to watch Weather Channel without cable" spikes around named hurricanes and major winter storms, since that is exactly the coverage Weather Channel is built around: live, wall-to-wall storm tracking most local affiliates only run during their own newscasts. If a storm is bearing down on your area, knowing which of the four carrying services you already pay for (or which is cheapest to add) matters more in that moment than any other week of the year.
This page does not track storm-specific programming schedules or claim any special forecasting accuracy; it only tracks which services carry the channel, the same as every other page on this site.
Weather Channel itself will never be free over the air; it is a cable-only network with no broadcast-spectrum presence, at any price, from any provider. A free antenna does get you your local ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and PBS affiliates in most markets, and those stations run their own local weather coverage and severe-weather alerts during newscasts, which is a real (if less continuous) alternative if Weather Channel specifically is not a must-have. See how antennas actually work for the indoor/attic/roof distinction and the FCC signal-map caveat before you buy one.
Check the full monthly cost comparison to see how YouTube TV and the other three carrying services stack up against a typical cable bill before you commit to one.
CNN and Fox News both carry on at least one Sling tier and miss Philo; Weather Channel flips that pattern, missing both Sling tiers while also missing Philo, the only channel on this site's news category with that exact combination. It does share one thing with CNN: Fubo carries Weather Channel the same way it carries Fox News, which is not true of CNN, MSNBC, or CNBC, all three of which are missing from Fubo for their own separate, unrelated dispute reasons.
A household that wants Weather Channel alongside CNN or Fox News should plan around YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream, or Fubo, since none of the four services that carry Weather Channel are missing either of those two news channels. Sling, the cheapest path to CNN or Fox News alone, does not work if Weather Channel is also on the household's list.
YouTube TV at $82.99/mo is the straightforward pick if Weather Channel sits alongside a broad, general-entertainment household lineup, since it is tied for cheapest among the four services that carry the channel and it also covers local network affiliates in most markets, unlike the cheaper Sling and Philo plans that skip Weather Channel entirely. DirecTV Stream matches YouTube TV's price and carriage exactly, so the choice between the two comes down to the rest of your household's channel list, not Weather Channel itself.
If your household is already leaning toward Sling Orange, Sling Blue, or Philo for other channels, know upfront that none of the three add Weather Channel at any tier or add-on price. Hulu + Live TV and Fubo also carry it, at $89.99/mo and $89.00/mo respectively, if either already covers more of your household's other must-have channels. Check the rest of your list against our channel finder before deciding, since Weather Channel is one of the few channels on this site where the cheapest plan and the widest plan are the same two services.