AccuWeather, Inc. | Introduction
Introduction
385 Science Park Road
State College, Pennsylvania 16803
U.S.A.
Telephone: (814) 235-8650
Fax: (814) 235-8609
Web site: http://www.accuweather.com
Private Company
Incorporated: 1975 as Accu-Weather, Inc.
Employees: 335
Sales: $100 million (2003 est.)
NAIC: 513220 Cable and Other Program Distribution; 514110 News Syndicates; 514191 On-Line Information Services
AccuWeather, Inc. is the leading commercial weather service in the world. It provides forecasting, graphics, and other information to more than 235,000 print and broadcast media clients, as well as users in business, government, and institutions. More than 850 newspapers around the world print weather pages created by AccuWeather, which also supplies the Associated Press. Its content appears on 1,200 Internet sites as well, including its own AccuWeather.com. The company also has pioneered graphical weather content for wireless devices. The company gathers meteorological information from more than 200 countries through an array of 35 satellite receivers. It keeps about 100 meteorologists on staff, the largest assemblage of forecasters under one roof. It claims greater accuracy than either the National Weather Service or its archrival, The Weather Channel.