Passionate About What We Do
WeatherData Services, Inc., an AccuWeather company, specializes in weather-risk management consulting and state-of-the-art weather forecasting and services to utility, transportation, manufacturing, educational and governmental clients throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The company was founded by Mike Smith in 1981 and has operated in Wichita, KS since that time. WeatherData sprang from Mike Smith's enthusiasm for weather since the age of five. On May 20, 1957, an F5 tornado tore a 71-mile long path through south Kansas City, killing 44 people. The tornado destroyed Mike's kindergarten and was close enough to his home that debris fell in his front yard. From that night on, Mike has been fascinated by weather.
After an education in meteorology, engineering and mathematics at the University of Oklahoma, and a successful career as a television meteorologist in St. Louis, Oklahoma City, and Wichita, Mike founded WeatherData. To fulfill its goals, WeatherData has developed brand new technology along the way.
In 2006, AccuWeather, Inc., the world's leading commercial weather company, acquired WeatherData. The acquisition by AccuWeather benefits all clients and future clients with increased research and development and technology.
Our mission is - and has always been - to help customers take advantage of weather opportunities and minimize weather-related risk. The company's unique blend of meteorological science and technology plus highly trained, motivated and enthusiastic people set its course toward ground-breaking and award-winning achievements.
Customer Testimonials
Losing $100,000 every minute that one of our facilities is shut down due to a tornado can be costly. When the government issues a warning for a region or county it is not always pertinent that we shut down. [You] assess our situation specifically and notifies us when to shutdown.
Coupled with our severe weather operating processes, WeatherData's alerts and warnings saved a major derailment and greater damage here!
