{{Short description|American weather forecast service corporation}} {{distinguish|AccuRadio}} {{Use American English|date=April 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = AccuWeather, Inc. | logo = 250px | logo_size = 205px | caption = | image = 2021-10-28 08 54 16 The headquarters of AccuWeather, Incorporated, along Science Park Road in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.jpg | image_caption = AccuWeather headquarters in Ferguson Township, Pennsylvania | type = Private | genre = Weather forecasting | industry = Meteorology | founded = {{start date and age|1962|}} | founder = Joel Myers | hq_location_city = Ferguson Township, near State College, Pennsylvania | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = Joel Myers (founder and executive chair)<br />Steven Smith (CEO) | services = {{Flatlist| * Smartphone weather applications * Online forecasts and videos }} | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = 500+<ref>{{cite web |title=Careers |url=https://corporate.accuweather.com/company/careers/ |website=AccuWeather |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref> | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = {{URL|https://accuweather.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }} '''AccuWeather, Inc.''', is a private-sector American media company that provides commercial weather forecasting services. AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers. The company adopted the name "AccuWeather" in 1971.
The company sells forecasting products compiled from weather data available from federal government agencies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Miranda |date=2017-10-14 |title=Trump's pick to lead NOAA pushed for privatizing weather data {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuweather/index.html |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlanger |first=Zoë |date=2024-07-16 |title=The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/07/noaa-project-2025-weather/678987/?gift=ADN5ex8W_PaQmR-s5dSx2Do21FXUbb4d2XVoxOY40Vw |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> AccuWeather has lobbied the US government to stop providing weather data services for free to the public and to privatize the National Weather Service, thus enabling AccuWeather to provide those services at a charge instead.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
AccuWeather is headquartered in Ferguson Township, near State College, Pennsylvania, with offices in New York City, Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Internationally, AccuWeather has offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, and Mumbai.
== Company overview == thumb|AccuWeather Forecast Center, 2007 AccuWeather provides weather forecasts, warnings, data and other weather-related services through its website, app, and TV channel. AccuWeather provides some free services funded by advertising, and generates revenue through a tiered subscription model that provides access to additional features like access to longer-range forecasts and exclusive AccuWeather Severe Weather Alerts.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barclay |first=Kristin |title=AccuWeather Launches Improved App with Over 50 New and Enhanced Features |website=Focus Daily News |date=September 4, 2025 |url=https://www.focusdailynews.com/accuweather-launches-improved-app-with-over-50-new-and-enhanced-features/ |access-date=April 2, 2026}}</ref> It operates a 24/7 weather channel, The AccuWeather Network. Their headquarters are near State College, Pennsylvania, where the network's studio and master control facilities are based.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 5, 2017 |title=National Weather |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/accuweather-launches-first-national-weather-781344 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
AccuWeather employs around 400 people, more than 100 of whom are operational meteorologists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://corporate.accuweather.com/company/about-us/|access-date=August 6, 2021|website=AccuWeather|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Leadership === As of June 2023, Steven R. Smith is the CEO, having succeeded company founder Dr. Joel N. Myers, who became executive chair.<ref>{{cite news|title=AccuWeather names new CEO after founder Joel Myers steps down to become executive chairman|work=Centre Daily Times|date=June 14, 2023|url=https://www.centredaily.com/news/business/article276406451.html}}</ref> Joel Myers' brother Evan Myers was the chief operating officer until 2020<ref name="washingtonpost20160411" /> and Senior Vice President. His other brother, Barry Lee Myers, was the chief executive officer from 2007 to January 1, 2019.<ref>{{Citation | last = Feintzeig| first = Rachel| title = Meet the Man Who Brings You the Weather| newspaper = The Wall Street Journal| date = March 20, 2014| url = https://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/03/20/meet-the-man-who-brings-you-the-weather/| access-date = November 18, 2016 }}</ref>
==Products and services== thumb|160px|The AccuWeather app on Android AccuWeather provides forecasting services to individual consumers, and performs weather-related predictive analytical services for businesses,<ref>{{Citation |last=Davis |first=Jessica |title=AccuWeather Storms Into Enterprise With Predictive Analytics |date=November 23, 2015 |newspaper=InformationWeek |url=http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/accuweather-storms-into-enterprise-with-predictive-analytics/d/d-id/1323256?_mc=RSS_IWK_EDT |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> including Bloomberg Television and United Stations Radio Networks (previously through Westwood One until 2009). It produces local weather videos each day for use on its own website, on the Local AccuWeather Network, on wired Internet, and on its mobile application and websites.<ref name="autogenerated2" /> The mobile application has minute-by-minute forecasts<ref>{{Citation |last=Moynihan |first=Tim |title=AccuWeather's Revamped App Is the Perfect Blend of Utility and Beauty |date=February 26, 2014 |newspaper=WIRED |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/02/revamped-accuweather-app/ |access-date=April 9, 2017}}</ref> and also collects crowd-sourced weather observations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Swanner |first=Nate |date=July 21, 2015 |title=AccuWeather's AccUcast service is like Waze for weather |url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/07/21/accuweathers-new-accucast-service-is-like-waze-for-weather/#.tnw_LPxxDIQJ |access-date=April 9, 2017 |publisher=The Next Web B.V.}}</ref> The company is also active in the areas of convergence<ref name="autogenerated2" /> and digital signage.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 11, 2006 |title=CORRECTION: Content From AccuWeather to Expand to Digital Signs – Business |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/612357/correction_content_from_accuweather_to_expand_to_digital_signs/index.html |access-date=November 20, 2011 |publisher=redOrbit}}</ref> They have added a user-contributed video section to their photo gallery.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 2017 |title=AccuWeather "Video First" Strategy Drives 160% Video Audience Growth |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/64245575 |website=AccuWeather Press}}</ref>
In 2015, AccuWeather entered into a joint venture with the Chinese company Huafeng Media Group, receiving the sole rights to deliver forecasts made by the China Meteorological Administration, a government agency that controls Huafeng.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dodillet |first=Lauren |date=May 28, 2015 |title=JV Brings AccuWeather Tech to China |url=http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/jv-brings-accuweather-tech-to-china/ |access-date=April 9, 2017 |work=China Business Review |publisher=US China Business Council}}</ref>
In 2025, AccuWeather signed a partnership with Perplexity to integrate its weather forecasts and data into Perplexity's AI-powered search platform.<ref>{{cite web |last=Winslow |first=George |title=AccuWeather Signs Weather Data Deal with AI Search Provider Perplexity |website=TV Tech |date=June 26, 2025 |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/accuweather-signs-deal-with-ai-search-provider-perplexity |access-date=April 2, 2026}}</ref>
In 2026, AccuWeather integrated with ChatGPT as part of OpenAI's third-party app ecosystem, allowing access to weather information within the chat interface. The integration enabled the retrieval of real-time weather data, including precipitation estimates, air quality information, and weather alerts for specified locations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mehrotra |first=Pranob |title=ChatGPT can now give you real-time weather updates with AccuWeather |website=Digital Trends |date=March 25, 2026 |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chatgpt-can-now-give-you-real-time-weather-updates-with-accuweather/ |access-date=May 29, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MSN |website=MSN |date=May 29, 2026 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/general/no-more-guessing-chatgpt-gets-real-time-accuweather-forecasts/ar-AA1ZnUGh |access-date=May 29, 2026}}</ref>
=== Personalities === AccuWeather's broadcast meteorologist Jim Kosek attracted attention in 2010 due to what the company described as his "all-out, manic style" announcements, including a blizzard forecast that became known as "snowmaggedon".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Athas|first1=Eric|title=AccuWeather forecaster Jim Kosek's over-the-top antics make him a Web sensation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/12/AR2010021204940.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> AccuWeather's Chief Meteorologist is Jonathan Porter. Elliot Abrams retired from AccuWeather in 2019 after more than 50 years with the company.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vadala|first=Nick|title=Longtime AccuWeather meteorologist Elliot Abrams, a Philly native, to retire this week|url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/accuweather-elliot-abrams-retiring-20190228.html|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=www.inquirer.com|date=February 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
===The Local AccuWeather Channel=== <!-- "The Local AccuWeather Channel" will redirect here. --> thumb|On-air with a behind-the-scenes view of the production. Starting in 2005, AccuWeather offered '''The Local AccuWeather Channel''' as a digital subchannel to television stations.<ref name=tnc>{{cite news|last1=McAvoy|first1=Kim|title=Diginets Struggle For Place On TV's Frontier|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/diginets-struggle-for-place-on-tvs-frontier/|access-date=August 19, 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> In 2021, AccuWeather launched its video streaming service AccuWeatherNOW, which provides 24-hour weather programming.<ref name=accuwxnow-pr>{{cite web|title=AccuWeather to Launch Video Streaming Service AccuWeather NOW|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/accuweather-to-launch-video-streaming-service-accuweather-now-301344270.html|publisher=AccuWeather|via=PR Newswire|date=July 29, 2021}}</ref> AccuWeather continues to provide local weather content to noncommercial Milwaukee PBS station WMVT-DT3 under a separate agreement.{{Until when|date=October 2025}}<ref>[http://onmilwaukee.com/movies/articles/idolinfo.html OnMedia: How to audition for "Idol"], OnMilwaukee.com, July 14, 2010.</ref>
===MS NOW, CNBC broadcast=== In 2025, AccuWeather entered a distribution agreement with Versant Media to make AccuWeather forecasts available on CNBC and MS NOW.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |title=AccuWeather Strikes Deal to Supply Information to MS NOW, CNBC |website=Variety |date=November 10, 2025 |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/accuweather-ms-now-cnbc-new-deal-1236573967/ |access-date=April 2, 2026}}</ref>
===National weather channel=== In 2015, Verizon FiOS replaced The Weather Channel with a new 24/7 all-weather television network called "The AccuWeather Channel". This followed earlier negotiations among AccuWeather, The Weather Channel, and DirecTV. The AccuWeather Network is a separate operation from "The Local AccuWeather Channel", which continues to run in selected markets across the country. It became the third 24/7 weather network to launch on American television, after The Weather Channel in 1982 and WeatherNation TV in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-verizon-fios-drops-the-weather-channel-20150311-story.html |title=Verizon FiOS drops the Weather Channel|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref> The AccuWeather Network is also carried on streaming services, including Spectrum TV, DIRECTV, Frontier, Philo, and FuboTV.
=== AccuWeather Now === In July 2021, AccuWeather announced a companion over-the-top channel, '''AccuWeather Now''', that will focus mainly on viral videos and shared social media content.<ref name=accuwxnow-pr/>
=== ''RealFeel'' temperature === AccuWeather created a unified and proprietary apparent temperature system known as "The AccuWeather Exclusive RealFeel Temperature" and has used it in its forecasts and observations. The formula for calculating this value<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2014|title=What is the AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature?|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-the-accuweather-realfeel-temperature/156655|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130052320/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-the-accuweather-realfeel-temperature/156655 |archive-date=November 30, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=Accuweather}}</ref> incorporates the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, and elevation on the human body, similar to the rarely used (but public domain) wet-bulb globe temperature. AccuWeather has been granted a United States patent on The RealFeel Temperature,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F7251579|title=United States Patent: 7251579|publisher=Patft.uspto.gov|access-date=November 20, 2011|archive-date=December 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208060926/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1|url-status=dead}}</ref> but the formula is a trade secret and has not been reviewed by other meteorological authorities. In response to AccuWeather's "RealFeel", The Weather Channel introduced its "FeelsLike" temperature reading.<ref name="Carpenter">{{cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Mackenzie |date=January 25, 2014 |title=Have we become emotionally obsessed with the weather? |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/01/26/Have-we-become-emotionally-obsessed-with-the-weather/stories/201401260079 |access-date=February 11, 2014 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>
=== Plume Labs === AccuWeather acquired air pollution startup Plume Labs in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillet |first=Romain |date=2022-01-24 |title=AccuWeather acquires air pollution startup Plume Labs |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/24/accuweather-acquires-air-pollution-startup-plume-labs/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref> Plume Labs started in 2014 as an air pollution visualization and forecasting service using data gathered through government-controlled stations and individual contributors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plume Labs: Air Report to dodge the smog and find clean air {{!}} Copernicus |url=https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/plume-labs-air-report-dodge-smog-and-find-clean-air |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=atmosphere.copernicus.eu}}</ref> It later offered street-by-street AQI predictions. It also sold Flow, a pocket-sized device to measure AQI.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillet |first=Romain |date=2017-01-04 |title=Plume Labs' Flow is an air quality tracker to avoid pollution |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/03/plume-labs-flow-is-an-air-quality-tracker-to-avoid-pollution/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref> Due to sales volume, more Flow devices report AQI than government stations. Although government stations report AQI with greater accuracy.{{Clarify|date=October 2025}}
After the acquisition, in the spring of 2023, all Flow device sales were suspended.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flow, by Plume Labs: The first smart air quality tracker |url=https://plumelabs.com/en/flow/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=plumelabs.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Criticisms ==
=== Long-term forecasting practices === In April 2012, AccuWeather increased the range of their forecast to 90 days. AccuWeather's critics have questioned the practice of disseminating long-range forecasts, claiming they are no better at predicting the weather than averaging historical conditions.<ref>{{cite web |last=Samenow |first=Jason |title=AccuWeather extends its controversial, 45-day weather forecasts to 90 days |website=The Washington Post |date=April 11, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/11/accuweather-extends-its-controversial-45-day-weather-forecasts-to-90-days/ |access-date=May 29, 2026}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost20160411">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/11/accuweather-extends-its-controversial-45-day-weather-forecasts-to-90-days/|title=AccuWeather extends its controversial, 45-day weather forecasts to 90 days|last=Samenow|first=Jason|date=April 11, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=April 14, 2016}}</ref> It is generally accepted that the upper limit for reliable forecasting is between one and two weeks, due to limitations in observational systems and the chaotic nature of the atmosphere.<ref name="washingtonpost20160411" /><ref name=donpaul>Paul, Don (June 10, 2016). [http://weather.buffalonews.com/2016/06/10/farmers-almanac-long-range-forecasts-gibberish/ The Farmers' Almanac, long-range forecasts and other 'gibberish'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613200616/http://weather.buffalonews.com/2016/06/10/farmers-almanac-long-range-forecasts-gibberish/ |date=June 13, 2016}}. ''The Buffalo News''. Retrieved June 12, 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aip.org/history/climate/chaos.htm|title=Chaos in the Atmosphere|website=www.aip.org|access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728203534/https://history.aip.org/history/climate/chaos.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
An informal assessment conducted by Jason Samenow in 2013 at ''The Washington Post'' asserted that AccuWeather's forecasts at the 25-day range were often wrong by as many as ten degrees Fahrenheit.<ref>Samenow, Jason (August 6, 2013). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/08/06/accuweather-you-cannot-be-serious-new-45-day-forecasts/ Accuweather: You cannot be serious]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved August 7, 2013.</ref> AccuWeather responds that it does not claim absolute precision in such extremely long forecasts and advises users to only use the forecast to observe general trends in the forecast period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23057797/accuweather-unveils-45-day-forecast |title=AccuWeather unveils 45-day forecast – DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG |date=August 25, 2013|access-date=April 14, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825205319/http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23057797/accuweather-unveils-45-day-forecast |archive-date=August 25, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=":1">Mesereau, Dennis (October 8, 2013). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/10/08/accuweathers-45-day-forecast-fails-to-impress-in-multi-city-test/ AccuWeather’s 45-day forecast fails to impress in multi-city test]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 11, 2013.</ref> The ''Post'' commissioned another assessment from Penn State University professor Jon Nese, comparing several more cities to AccuWeather's predictions; that assessment, while acknowledged as being limited to a single season, acknowledged that AccuWeather's forecasts were of value in short-range forecasting while also noting that their long-range forecasts beyond one week were less accurate than climatological averages.<ref name=pennstateassessment>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/26/students-put-accuweather-long-range-forecasts-to-the-test/|title=Students put AccuWeather long-range forecasts to the test|last=Nese|first=Jon|date=December 26, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=April 14, 2016}}</ref>
=== National Weather Service === The National Weather Service, which provides large amounts of the data that AccuWeather repackages and sells for profit, also provides that same information for free by placing it in the public domain. AccuWeather stated that "NOAA foundational weather data is one of 190 sources that AccuWeather uses as inputs into our proprietary and patented Forecast Engine (SWIFT), which also uses AI, 250 patents, the expertise of more than 100 meteorologists, and over 60 years of intellectual capital to generate our forecasts and warnings."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2024 |title=AccuWeather Does Not Support Project 2025 Plan to Fully Commercializing NWS Operations; NOAA has Critical Role in American Weather Enterprise |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/accuweather-does-not-support-project-2025-plan-to-fully-commercializing-nws-operations-noaa-has-critical-role-in-american-weather-enterprise/1670156}}</ref>
On April 14, 2005, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) introduced the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005 in the U.S. Senate. The legislation would have forbidden the National Weather Service from providing any such information directly to the public, and the legislation was generally interpreted as an attempt by AccuWeather to profit off of taxpayer-funded weather research by forcing its delivery through private channels. AccuWeather denies this and maintains it never intended to keep weather information out of the hands of the general public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517205137/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html|url-status=dead|title=Weather info could go dark|archive-date=May 17, 2007}}</ref> The bill did not come up for a vote. Santorum received campaign contributions from AccuWeather's president, Joel Myers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Joel_Myers.php |title=NEWSMEAT ▷ Joel Myers's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=Newsmeat.com |access-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020154327/http://newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Joel_Myers.php |archive-date=October 20, 2011}}</ref> AccuWeather maintains that it does not agree with the view, and AccuWeather has not suggested that the National Weather Service (NWS) should fully commercialize its operations.<ref name="auto"/>
On October 12, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated AccuWeather CEO Barry Lee Myers, the younger brother of the company's founder, to head the National Weather Service's parent administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was noted that unlike 11 of the previous 12 NOAA administrators, Myers lacks an advanced scientific degree, instead holding bachelor's and master's degrees in business and law<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-noaa/white-house-nominates-accuweather-ceo-to-head-climate-agency-idUSKBN1CH08I|title=White House nominates AccuWeather CEO to head climate agency|first=David|last=Shepardson|work=Reuters|date=October 12, 2017|access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref> even though he ran AccuWeather as a successful, profitable company for 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/83243518|title=Barry Lee Myers Steps Down from AccuWeather|website=www.accuweather.com}}</ref> Barry Myers stepped down as CEO of AccuWeather on January 1, 2019, and completely divested himself of any ownership of AccuWeather in accordance with his pledge to the Office of Government Ethics and the U.S. Senate. After two years of inaction on the nomination, Myers withdrew his consideration for nomination on November 12, 2019, due to ill health.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/11/20/white-house-pick-lead-noaa-withdraws-nomination-citing-health-concerns/|title=White House pick to lead NOAA withdraws nomination, citing health concerns|last1=Freedman|first1=Andrew|date=November 20, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 3, 2019|last2=Samenow|first2=Jason|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Myers sent a [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-reset-at-accuweather/2019/04/17/e3c5f0f2-5fb9-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html letter] to ''The Washington Post'' in 2019 to address these{{which|date=November 2025}} allegations of sexual harassment, which the company denied.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-shift/2019/04/15/harassment-allegations-at-accuweather-425002|title=Harassment allegations at AccuWeather|first=Ted|last=Hesson|date=April 15, 2019|website=POLITICO}}</ref>
===iOS location privacy=== In August 2017, security researcher Will Strafach intercepted traffic from the AccuWeather iPhone app to discover that it inadvertently sent location information to Reveal Mobile through a faulty SDK, even when customers have not given permission to share location information. ZDnet independently verified this information.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/accuweather-caught-sending-geo-location-data-even-when-denied-access/ |title=ZDnet ▷ AccuWeather caught sending user location data, even when location sharing is off |publisher=ZDnet.com |access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> AccuWeather stated that it did not know the app was tracking location information without users' consent and that it did not use the data in any way and released an update to the App Store which removed the Reveal Mobile SDK.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shaikh|first1=Rafia|title=AccuWeather Releases Updated App to Deal with Privacy Concerns|url=https://wccftech.com/accuweather-quick-action-privacy-concerns/|website=Wccftech|publisher=WCCF PTE LTD.|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
=== Lobbying === AccuWeather has lobbied the US government to stop providing services for free to the public and to privatize the National Weather Service, thus enabling AccuWeather to provide those services at a charge instead.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Freedman |first=Andrew |date=2019-11-25 |title=Weather is turning into big business. And that could be trouble for the public. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/25/weather-is-big-business-its-veering-toward-collision-with-federal-government/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
==See also== * Fox Weather * The Weather Channel * Skymotion
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== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.accuweather.com}}
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