What Is a Walk Window?
A walk window is the optimal period during the day when weather conditions align with your personal comfort preferences for walking. Rather than checking temperature, wind, and humidity separately, a walk window combines all weather factors into a single comfort score that tells you exactly when to step outside.
How Walk Window Scores Work
Final Score = Comfort Score × Confidence Score × Availability Score
Comfort Score weighs temperature (60% actual + 40% feels-like), humidity, wind speed, precipitation probability, and air quality against your personal preferences. Each factor has a curve that scores from 0 to 1.
Confidence Score accounts for forecast uncertainty. Near-term forecasts score higher; forecasts days ahead have wider uncertainty ranges.
Availability Score reflects your calendar constraints and preferred walking times.
Score Thresholds
Tuned to How You Walk
Walk Window adjusts its scoring based on your walking style. Pick the right tuning during onboarding, or change it any time in Settings.
Daily Walker
- 45–75°F ideal
- 8 mph wind start
- 55% humidity start
Dog Walker
- 45–72°F ideal
- 8 mph wind start
- 55% humidity start
Pavement monitoring: safe below 120°F, caution 120–140°F, danger above 140°F
Smart Notifications
Walk Window sends five types of intelligent notifications so you never miss a good walking opportunity.
Standout Day
Alerts you when conditions are unusually good for walking.
Planned Walk Watch
Monitors weather for your scheduled walks and warns if conditions change.
Weather Shift
Notifies you when a significant forecast change affects your walk window.
Earlier Window
Lets you know if a better window opened up earlier than expected.
Pavement Alert
Dog walker exclusive — warns when pavement temperatures may be unsafe.
The App Learns
After each walk, you can rate how the conditions felt. Walk Window uses this feedback to adjust a sensitivity coefficient for each weather factor. Over time, your scores become more personalized — the app learns whether you run warm or cold, whether wind bothers you more than humidity, and adjusts accordingly.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a walk window?+
A walk window is the optimal period during the day when weather conditions align with your personal comfort preferences for walking. Rather than checking temperature, wind, and humidity separately, a walk window combines all weather factors into a single comfort score that tells you exactly when to step outside.
How does Walk Window determine the best time to walk?+
Walk Window uses a three-part formula: Final Score = Comfort Score x Confidence Score x Availability Score. The comfort score weighs temperature (60% actual + 40% feels-like), humidity, wind speed, precipitation probability, and air quality against your personal preferences. The confidence score accounts for forecast uncertainty. The availability score reflects your calendar and time constraints.
Is Walk Window only for dog walkers?+
No. Walk Window works for any outdoor walker. Dog Walker mode adds pavement-temperature monitoring and breed-size-aware thresholds on top of the daily walking window scoring.
How accurate is the walk window?+
Walk Window pulls high-resolution local forecasts and shows a confidence indicator on every score — sharper for today, wider as you look further out. The closer to walk time, the tighter the read. The app also learns from your walk feedback to improve its personalization over time.
