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Cupertino refers to a city in California, which is home to the Apple headquarters. Cupertino is the default location on Apple's weather app, and it became the subject of memes on TikTok in mid-2025, due to a perception that Cupertino's weather was always perfect. The meme evolved under the snowclone Average X in Cupertino, which was used in memes that portrayed Cupertino as a perfect city free of crime, poverty and bad weather. Some viewed the meme trend, which portrayed a location in a positive light, as the opposite of Ohio memes.

Origin

The weather in Cupertino has been the subject of internet jokes since the early 2010s. For instance, on March 16th, 2014, Twitter / X ^[1] user tweeted, "When you realize you're looking at the weather in Cupertino…" receiving 145 likes in 11 years.

Viral posts about Cupertino surfaced in the 2020s. For instance, the first known viral tweet about Cupertino was shared by X^[2] user @autipulatious on March 26th, 2022, who replied to a since-deleted tweet^[3] that said, "The iPhone weather app just be freestyling, that shit is never right." @autipulatious replied, "At least I know the weather in Cupertino," gaining over 6,800 likes in three years (shown below).

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On August 8th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @soupspamsoupspam posted a video, showing herself in front of the in-app Cupertino weather, with text asking, "Where TF even is Cupertino?" gaining over 114,800 likes in three years (shown below).

On October 26th, 2022, a since-deleted Redditor shared a Hulk Gives Ant-Man a Taco meme to /r/memes, ^[7] joking about, "Literally every iPhone world clock ever." Over three years, the post received over 11,000 upvotes (shown below).

On December 26th, X^[4] user @OvOBrezzzy tweeted, "Someone tell Apple we don't care what’s the weather in Cupertino," gaining over 8,000 likes in three years (shown below).

On February 12th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @.semicolin posted a video, showing the weather in Cupertino with the caption, "Cupertino always flexing they good ass weather on us 💔," receiving over 201,800 likes in five months (shown below).

On June 22nd, TikToker^[8] @michaelcoreas posted a similar video with the caption, "I have never seen any thunderstorms in Cupertino," gaining over 99,500 likes in two weeks (shown below).

On June 27th, 2025, TikToker^[9] @keaton.kitchen posted a scene from the animated Captain Underpants movie, captioned, "Cupertino residents waking up to another 70° day with a slight breeze and clear skies," gaining over 142,800 likes in nine days (shown below).

On June 28th, TikToker^[10] @dihrubber4000 posted a meme with the caption, "Worst civilian in Cupertino," showing a guy helping people and things on a walk. Over eight days, the meme received over 257,100 likes (shown below).

On July 2nd, 2025, TikToker^[11] @probgrim posted a photo slideshow, which compared the Cupertino memes to Can't Have Shit In Detroit and the Ohio memes, using the "Is that you, Obito?" sound. The post gained over 269,700 likes in four days (shown below).

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