What is the WeatherBug Network

So what exactly is WeatherBug? Some people still believe that WeatherBug has been built exclusively around a single Windows application. In reality however, nothing could be further from the truth. Besides the Windows application only being a tiny component in a much bigger business (Professional, Education, Mobile), WeatherBug is actually “powered” by a one of a kind, proprietary network of Weather Stations strategically placed (click then zoom way in) throughout the US.

Since the beginning back in 1992, WeatherBug has thoughtfully distributed high quality, rugged weather sensors which gather weather data from a national network of public schools, then delivering this data to the WeatherBug central data center over dedicated Ethernet lines.

The previously mentioned school network, running our proprietary weather data gathering hardware numbers approximately 8,000 today. Yes, that is 8,000 different locations throughout the US in which we are transmitting live, local weather data to businesses, TV stations and of course, to home PCs and corporate workstations via our various distribution channels.

Along with basic weather conditions that you may be used to seeing on other various weather websites, WeatherBug hardware also gathers meta data relating to elevation, latitude and longitude.

Part of what makes the Weather Bug network so unique from the IT perspective is that we are not using your typical “off the shelf” weather stations. From this link, you can actually inspect the specs on hardware we have used in the past all the way to this very day, to make sure that our data is the most accurate available.

Our eye in the sky – the WeatherBug Camera Network

While the numbers are not quite what we have with the actual data gathering weather stations, the WeatherBug cameras present an impressive presence as they number at about 1,500. The cameras themselves (see this link) are setup to capture and archive weather related imagery every minute, then save it to an assigned archive. Now while the camera hardware was not built by WeatherBug, the software that makes all of this happen is indeed, of WeatherBug’s own creation.

Who uses WeatherBug’s weather data?

Along with homes, businesses and the Department of Homeland Security, you will find the following groups and organizations using the weather data that WeatherBug collects and distributes in real-time.

- Consumers

- TV stations

- Educators

- Government

- Energy Traders.

In addition to these groups, you should know that even fire stations and police stations across the United States use a professional version of WeatherBug applications to receive critical weather data as it is streamed in - live.