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AccuWeather Lightning Network Data Now Available on Leading Data Marketplaces
In San Francisco for the Summits? For interviews and demos, visit the AccuWeather booth(s) – Snowflake Summit 2025 June 2-5: Vertical Village Booth 1325 – Databricks Data+AI June 9-12: Partner Hub/Marketplace, Booth #M4 State College, PA - May 20, 2025 - AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts...
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FAST Channel and App Dedicated to All Things Weather Now Available for Millions of VIZIO customers to enjoy on WatchFree+
AccuWeather Global Weather Center, State College, PA - June 3, 2025 - AccuWeather NOW®, the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel dedicated to all things weather, is now available for VIZIO's customers to enjoy on WatchFree+. VIZIO WatchFree+ viewers will now have access to AccuWeather's forecasts with proven Superior Accuracy™ together with dramatic weather videos;...
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AccuWeather and AccuLumen®Join The Vision Council Foundation in Celebrating National Sunglasses Day
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - June 3, 2025 - The Vision Council Foundation is proud to welcome AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate, most trusted, and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, as a supporter of National Sunglasses Day. Brought to life by The Vision Council in 2014, the specially...
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Kantar Study Confirms AccuWeather Provided the Most Accurate Hurricane Forecasts in 2024 with the Most Advance Notice
‘This historic report marks the first time a third-party has verified that another source has been more accurate and more effective in predicting hurricanes and their impacts than NOAA’s National Hurricane Center' — AccuWeather Founder and Executive Chairman Dr. Joel N. Myers. AccuWeather Global Weather Center, STATE COLLEGE, PA – May 21, 2025 – A new study conducted by...
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Flooding and tornado impacts could reach far inland again this Atlantic hurricane season
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - May 21, 2025 – In the wake of a historic hurricane season that brought catastrophic flooding to the mountains of the southern Appalachians and dozens of tornadoes hundreds of miles away from the point of landfall, AccuWeather® hurricane experts are warning families, businesses, emergency officials and government leaders to prepare for an increased...
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Deadly severe weather outbreak in central US causes an estimated $9 billion to $11 billion in total damage and economic loss
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - May. 19, 2025 – A multiday severe weather outbreak that produced dozens of destructive tornadoes across the central United States, including a significant tornado in parts of the St. Louis metro area, caused an estimated $9 billion to $11 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a preliminary estimate from experts...
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Heat, drought and high energy bills will impact millions across the US this summer
> Temperature departures 3 degrees or higher above the historical average are expected across parts of 14 states this summer > The demand for home, business and data center cooling is expected to be above the historical average across 33 states > Impacts from our warming atmosphere are contributing to hotter days, warmer nights and more intense droughts across much...
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Wildfires are expected to scorch more land across America this year compared to the historical average
AccuWeather Global Weather Center - April 23, 2025 – In the wake of unprecedented and devastating wildfires that caused an estimated $250 billion to $275 billion in total damage and economic loss across Southern California in January, AccuWeather long-range experts are predicting wildfires to burn more land across the United States this year, compared to the historical average....
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Rare multiday severe weather outbreak and widespread flooding in central US brings preliminary estimate of $80 billion to $90 billion in total damage and economic loss
Journalists: Click here to download video soundbites from AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter AccuWeather Global Weather Center - April 7, 2025 – A rare atmospheric river that funneled extreme rainfall into the central United States, combined with a multiday severe weather and tornado outbreak over the same region due to a series of slow-moving storms, caused an estimated...
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AccuWeather's NEW Augmented Reality System with Brainstorm Debuts at NAB
For interviews and demos, visit the Brainstorm/AccuWeather booth #S2716 South Lower Hall, Brainstorm Multimedia Boot AccuWeather Global Weather Center, State College, PA - March 25, 2025 - AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, is excited to announce its completely new TV...
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AccuWeather forecasting 3-6 direct storm impacts to the U.S. during the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season
AccuWeather hurricane experts are predicting a dynamic and potentially volatile Atlantic hurricane season this year, with several similarities to last year's historic and destructive season. "Everyone needs to start planning and preparing for hurricane season. Climatology, weather patterns, water temperatures, and many other factors all point to yet another active Atlantic hurricane season with more tropical storms...
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Pollen forecast to reach levels higher than the historical average across 39 states this year
Click here to watch a recording of the Wednesday Zoom media briefing with Alan Reppert and Brett Anderson Passcode: =2z+i3fu AccuWeather Global Weather Center - March 19, 2025 – AccuWeather expert meteorologists are urging people living with seasonal allergies to prepare for an intense allergy season that could last longer into the fall months. Pollen counts are forecast...
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AccuWeather and BassForecast Use Advanced AI to Predict Fish Species Behavior
State College, PA. - March 11, 2024 - AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has partnered with BassForecast, a pioneer in fishing forecast technology, to launch an innovative AI-driven solution designed to predict fish species behavior based on environmental conditions and...
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Latest Study of 120 Million Forecasts Proves AccuWeather Forecasts Are Most Accurate
Study after study show AccuWeather forecasts are the most accurate, reliable for the protection of life and property among top weather providers. AccuWeather Global Weather Center, January 14, 2020 - In the latest and most comprehensive statistical analysis of forecast accuracy ever undertaken, independent forecast tracker ForecastWatch reconfirmed the Superior Accuracy of AccuWeather forecasts by...
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Highest risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms expected east of Tornado Alley this year
> AccuWeather is forecasting 1,300-1,450 tornadoes across the United States in 2025 > The Mississippi and Tennessee valleys face the highest risk of damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes this year, a shift away from the concentration in Tornado Alley in 2023 and 2024 > Our warming climate is contributing to an increasing risk of more tornadoes occurring outside of the traditional...
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AccuWeather® Names Diana Hummel SVP of Advertising Sales and Media Partnerships
AccuWeather Names Diana Hummel SVP of Advertising Sales and Media Partnerships
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Family credits AccuWeather app warning for more advance notice, providing extra time to seek shelter before deadly tornado in Tennessee
‘Thank you for your passion; it shows in everything you do,' says a grateful AccuWeather app user after a tornado warning helped her family get to safety AccuWeather Global Weather Center - Feb. 20, 2025 – A family in eastern Tennessee says a tornado warning from the National Weather Service delivered by the AccuWeather® app...
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AccuWeather 2025 U.S. Spring Forecast: Spring warmth to expand across the southern and central U.S.; chilly transition for 11 Northern states
AccuWeather Global Weather Center - Feb. 5, 2025 – AccuWeather long-range experts say early spring warmth will send temperatures climbing well above the historical average across much of the central and southern United States this year, while winterlike temperatures could linger well into the springseason in parts of the interior Northeast, Great Lakes and the Northwest. “Spring is a season of change,...
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AccuWeather Acquires TOA Lightning Detection Network and Technology to Create Advanced Global Lightning Detection Network
NEW ORLEANS, La. - January 13, 2024 - AccuWeather, global leader in weather forecasting, warnings, data and information, is pleased to announce the acquisition of TOA Systems, Inc. lightning network and technology. TOA Systems, Inc. is a premier provider of lightning detection hardware and one of the few global lightning networks in existence. The announcement...
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Extreme fire risk in Southern California as powerful Santa Ana winds return
AccuWeather increases preliminary estimate of total damage and economic loss of $250 billion to $275 billion due to what has occurred and what is to come, considering the AccuWeather forecast and long-term impacts to people and the economy of the region. AccuWeather Global Weather Center - Jan. 12, 2025 – AccuWeather expert meteorologists are warning...
