The correct way is with === FALSE which differentiates from equalling zero, which is what a succesful query with no results returns.
if( $wpdb->update($tableName,array('opt_value'=>$cInfo),array('opt_name'=>'showWeatherWidget')) === FALSE)
//show failure message
else
// show success message
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