This page in a nutshell: A dynamic list of the reliability of various meteorological and weather-related sources. |
The purpose of this page is to help improve the references in Wikipedia articles related to the weather and meteorology. It serves to inform users about a source's reliability as it pertains to meteorological topics. This list is merely a collection of some sources; other good sources do exist that are not listed here. You can help to expand this list by starting a discussion about a source on the talk page.
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American Meteorological Society (AMS) | ||||
Aon | ||||
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) | ||||
Convective Chronicles | ||||
Doppler on Wheels (DOW) | ||||
Eric Wang | ||||
Ethan Moriarty | ||||
European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) | The European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) is a widely cited scientific organization, which documents various weather events and climatological events across Europe and Northern Africa. Most citations will be of the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) managed by the ESSL. | |||
Force Thirteen | There is consensus that Force Thirteen, a YouTube channel which self-publishes info on weather, is unreliable and therefore should not be cited on Wikipedia. | |||
French Observatory of Tornadoes and Violent Thunderstorms (Keraunos) | ||||
Howard Bluestein | ||||
Iowa Environmental Mesonet | ||||
Monthly Weather Review (MWR) | ||||
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) | The National Centers for Environmental Information is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. The NCEI is officially responsible for documenting and archiving official observations and some publications from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration starting in 2015. Official records for weather events between 1959 and November 2018 are in Storm Data. Starting in December 2018, NCEI ceased publication of Storm Data and relied on the Storm Events Database as the new place for official meteorological reports. | |||
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) | The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. The NCDC was officially responsible for documenting and archiving official observations and some publications from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between 1934 and 2015. These included Climatological Data National Summary (published 1950-1980) and Storm Data (between 1959 and 2015). In 2015, NCDC was dissolved after being merged into the National Centers for Environmental Information. | |||
National Hurricane Center (NHC) | The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. The NHC has the official authority to issue information regarding tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific Ocean. The National Hurricane Center website and social media accounts on 𝕏, Facebook, and YouTube are considered reliable sources. | |||
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a branch of the federal government of the United States and is responsible for all official meteorological and climatological data and information for the United States. NOAA also does publications for and collects data outside the United States. | |||
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) | The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. | |||
National Weather Service (NWS) | The National Weather Service (NWS) is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. | |||
Nick Stewart | ||||
RaXPol | ||||
Reed Timmer | ||||
Ryan Hall, Y'all | ||||
Shifu R. Careaga | 1 | 2024 | There is a small consensus that publications by Shifu R. Careaga (typically on Academia.edu) have historically been pseudoscientific theories and therefore should not be cited on Wikipedia. | |
South African Weather Service (SAWS) | ||||
Storm Prediction Center (SPC) | The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. | |||
Timothy P. Marshall | ||||
Thomas P. Grazulis | ||||
Tornado Project | 1 | |||
Tornado Talk | 1 | |||
AmericanWx | Community-controlled weather forum. Unreliable as anyone can add information, whether accurate or not. | |||
Weather Prediction Center (WPC) | The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) is a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States federal government. | |||
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a branch of the United Nations. |