Schools

You Can Learn a lot From the Weather.

The WeatherBug program started with schools in mind. When AWS, the company that operates the WeatherBug network, started building the program in 1996, the idea was to locate the weather stations at schools for two reasons: there are lots of schools in every community so they provide a high density of stations across the country for improved, hyper-local weather measurement and forecasting in neighborhoods; and weather stations are a great way for students to learn about weather and the science of measurement. It was a win-win combination. And the connection between media and education has become a powerful one. Washington, D.C. schools identify themselves as either being a "Bob Ryan" school or not.

The WeatherBug program has ignited an active interest in watching and learning about the weather among students whose schools are part of the program, and it has created the perfect way for broadcasters to become involved in their communities and advocate education technology.

WeatherBug has evolved its program in every direction, offering compelling weather products for a range of media companies and expanding the education aspects of the program through the development of WeatherBug Achieve.