# Weatherwise

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{{Short description|American magazine}}
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| editor           = Margaret Benner Smidt<ref name="Contact">{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherwise.org/About%20Us/contact-us.html|title=Contact Us|publisher=Weatherwise|accessdate=August 28, 2014}}</ref>
| editor_title     = Editor-in-Chief
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| category         = [Science](/source/Science), [Weather](/source/Weather)
| frequency        = Bi-monthly (6 times a year)
| circulation      = 8,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/announcements/vwws-media-kit.pdf|title=Rates and Data 2014|work=Weatherwise|accessdate=August 28, 2014}}</ref>
| circulation_year = 2014
| publisher        = [Taylor & Francis Group](/source/Taylor_%26_Francis_Group)<ref name="Contact"/>
| founder          = [David M. Ludlum](/source/David_M._Ludlum)
| founded          =  {{start date and age|1947}}<ref name="Masthead">{{cite magazine|magazine=Weatherwise|date=May–June 2010|volume=63|number=3|title=Masthead}}</ref>
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| country          = United States
| based            = Philadelphia, PA
| language         = [English](/source/English_language)
| website          = {{URL|http://www.weatherwise.org}}
| issn             = 0043-1672
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'''''Weatherwise''''' is a [magazine](/source/magazine) founded in 1947 by  American historian, meteorologist, and author [David M. Ludlum](/source/David_M._Ludlum). It covers [weather](/source/weather) and [climate](/source/climate) for weather enthusiasts as well as [meteorologist](/source/meteorologist)s and [climatologist](/source/climatologist)s and is the only popular press publication in the United States to do so.

It is richly illustrated with large color photographs that showcase the power, beauty and excitement of weather. Articles are published on the latest discoveries and topics in meteorology, usually using experts in the respective field to write the article. Articles tend to focus on the relation of weather to technology, history, culture, the arts, and society. The magazine releases an annual almanac to highlight key topics that happened internationally, in the U.S. and corresponding [hurricane](/source/hurricane) and [tornado](/source/tornado) seasons. The magazine also features commentaries, photography contests, questions and answers, and [weather map](/source/weather_map)s.

== Publication history ==
''Weatherwise'' was published by Heldref Publications, the publishing division of the Helen Dwight Reid Education Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization based in [Washington DC](/source/Washington_DC).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Address|journal=Weatherwise|date=February 2005|volume=58 |issue=1|doi=10.3200/WEWI.58.4.3-82|s2cid=219612315}}</ref> In 2009, Heldref Publications (and ''Weatherwise'') was acquired by [Taylor & Francis Group](/source/Taylor_%26_Francis_Group).

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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.weatherwise.org}}

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