# Foreca

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Finnish private weather forecasting company

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Foreca Ltd Native name Foreca Oy Type Subsidiary Genre Weather forecasting Headquarters Espoo , Finland

**Foreca Ltd** ([/ˈfɔːrkə/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a private [Finnish](/source/Finland) [weather forecasting](/source/Weather_forecasting) company. It is the largest of its kind in the [Nordic countries](/source/Nordic_countries) and is headquartered in [Espoo, Finland](/source/Espoo). Foreca provides weather services for international business use. This service is partly based on data and products of the [European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts](/source/European_Centre_for_Medium-Range_Weather_Forecasts).

Foreca was first established in 1996 under the name **Weather Service Finland**. In January 2001, it changed its name to Foreca as part of its efforts to expand the company internationally.[1]

Foreca provides weather and road weather services to the automotive, digital media, and winter road maintenance industries. Since 2004, the company has had a contract with [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) to produce content for its international [MSN](/source/MSN) websites and [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows). Foreca provides weather services for drivers that are customers of companies such as [BMW](/source/BMW), [Daimler](/source/Mercedes-Benz_Group), and [TomTom](/source/TomTom).

## See also

- [Finnish Meteorological Institute](/source/Finnish_Meteorological_Institute)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Weather Service Finlandista tuli Foreca"](http://www.digitoday.fi/viihde/2001/01/09/weather-service-finlandista-tuli-foreca/20017628/66). *Digitoday*. 2001-01-09. Retrieved 2013-07-21.

## External links

- [Foreca.com](https://www.foreca.com/en) Official site

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