One of the downsides of growing up in sunny Australia is that I don’t know how to dress for different seasons. Until a few years ago, 15′C/60′F was my standard winter minimum and 30′C/90′F was normal for summer. (“Why did I ever leave?” I hear you ask…)

This time of year is the most difficult – the temperatures mean nothing to me so I have no idea how to dress!

It seems I’m not the only one with my dilemma because now there’s an iPhone app to help out.

Wearcast was developed by meteorologists and uses your location to tell you exactly what you need to wear outside at that time, as well as later that day.

It can also give you a clothing forecast for up to five days into the future, which is great if you’re packing for a trip, and there’s a useful setting that allows you to set your own temperature sensitivity (for example, I’m always colder than everyone around me so the app will adjust my clothing prediction to suit).

You can purchase Wearcast from the iPhone App store for $0.99. Now if only they’d develop it for Android…