WeatherBug, the leading provider of weather information services, manages and operates a proprietary network of 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras that are strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and television stations throughout the U.S. These professional-grade weather stations generate live neighborhood level reports every second (unlike other weather providers; their data is up to an hour or more old).
Who uses WeatherBug Products and Data
WeatherBug was developed with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions, forecasts and life saving severe weather alerts from its exclusive network of WeatherBug Tracking Stations. Today, the mission remains the same. WeatherBug data is used by…
- Consumers: 19 million unique at-home and at-work visitors.*
- Government: accessible to Homeland Security personnel for plume modeling in the event of a biological or chemical attack and by over 100 government agencies at the state and local level.
- Schools and School Districts: used in over 8,000 schools across the U.S. for teaching math, science and geography with real life data.
- Broadcasters: used by meteorologists at over 100 television broadcast stations like ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB and Telemundo, to bring “neighborhood” weather forecasts and conditions to communities every day.
Since its release nearly five years ago, WeatherBug is one of the top 10 Internet properties in daily reach* with millions looking to their WeatherBug desktop application for live local weather conditions, forecasts and severe weather alerts. The WeatherBug service is available at WeatherBug.com as well as via our partners — NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, WB and Telemundo television stations, Netscape, Logitech, HP/Compaq, and America Online — to name just a few.
The Company
Founded in 1992, WeatherBug manages and operates the world's largest proprietary weather network with 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and televisions stations throughout the U.S. WeatherBug data is used in over 80 million households a month, both on-line and on-air, to help plan the day ahead, protect communities and educate our children.
WeatherBug started in the education market by pioneering a program which included installing professional-grade automated weather stations at schools to help teachers apply real-world technology for math, science and geography. All schools were networked together and soon WeatherBug introduced a rigorous curriculum to the package that covered grades K-12 and met National and State E ducation standards.
The TV broadcast partnership model was introduced next in 1993. The WeatherBug ‘on-air' solution connected schools to broadcast meteorologists across the U.S. Today, local broadcast meteorologists at over 100 NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, WB and Telemundo television stations are utilizing WeatherBug's live local weather conditions in their weather newscasts, offering a unique look at the weather from within viewers' neighborhoods.
In 2000, the WeatherBug desktop application was launched to consumer and business users with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions, forecasts and life saving, severe weather alerts; all leveraging the existing WeatherBug Tracking Station network. Within eight months of the initial launch, 1.5 million users had downloaded WeatherBug to their computers. In addition, since 2002, WeatherBug's application has come pre-installed on HP and Compaq computers, and Logitech peripherals. In 2004 WeatherBug and AOL brought millions of people the “Instant Message that could save their life”, through the AIM co-branded WeatherBug partnership. To date, WeatherBug has registered over 63 million users for the free product.
In 2002, WeatherBug developed a strong private/public partnership with the National Weather Service, aiding Homeland Security. This relationship bolstered the government's ability to aid emergency managers in precisely assessing the impact of current weather conditions on hazardous situations and natural disasters, helping them determine which municipalities to evacuate, select approach routes for first-responders, and choose the type of equipment to dispatch to a disaster site. In addition, the program provides more accurate and up-to-date data for plume models.
Date founded:
- 1992
