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![]() AccuWeather headquarters in Ferguson Township, Pennsylvania | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Meteorology |
Genre | Weather forecasting |
Founded | 1962 |
Founder | Joel Myers |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Joel Myers (executive chairman) Steven Smith (CEO) |
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Number of employees | 450+[1] |
Website | accuweather |
AccuWeather Inc. is a private-sector American media company that provides commercial weather forecasting services worldwide.
AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Pennsylvania State University graduate student working on a master's degree in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running his company, Myers also worked as a member of Penn State's meteorology faculty. The company adopted the name "AccuWeather" in 1971.
AccuWeather is headquartered in Ferguson Township, just outside of State College, Pennsylvania, with offices at 80 Pine Street in Manhattan's Financial District in addition to Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Internationally, AccuWeather has offices in Montreal, Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, and Mumbai.