Want to know not just what the weather is going to do, but when and why? Then you should have a look at some of these hugely popular weather blogs. From simple instructions on how to make your own clouds to images of them depositing huge quantities of rain over America and how that rain has increased due to climate changes, you will find it all in our 50 Best Weather Blogs.
Live Weather Blogs
South Atlantic – Delaware, Inland Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia
New England – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Middle Atlantic – New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Gulf Coast Region – Coastal Region of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
East South Central – Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee
East North Central – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
West South Central – Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
Mountain – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming
Pacific – Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington State
Canada – It is a big place with lots of weather, so use the search facility for your area
Weather for Kids Blogs
Web Weather – What causes clouds, hurricanes and blizzards, and how you can predict them yourself
Met Office – The UK weather site also has a section for teachers and parents on how to educate children about the weather.
Weather Wiz Kids – Great resource for weather education with a section for kids to submit their own weather photos
Enchanted Learning – Coloring printouts, worksheets, rhymes and activities are all suggested on this easy-to-navigate site
Franklin´s Forecast –Weather experiments from the Franklin Institute include how to make your own weather station
AccuWeather Kidz – Today´s weather and an explanation of what causes it, together with a look at “today in weather history”
Space Weather – NASA´s guide to how events out in the cosmos affect what kind of weather you are getting today
Netmums Weather – A guide to activities your kids can participate in to learn more about weather (indoor ones too!)
Ed Heads – Interactive games for kids and class lesson plans for teachers on this easy-to-use weather site
Wild Wild Weather – Quizzes, activities and all-round weather info presented by WHNT-TV (Alabama) meteorologist Dan Satterfield
Weather Forecaster´s Blogs
The Weather Alternative – Long range predictions with the reasons why and a look back to see how successful they were
Big Storm Picture – Jaw-dropping quality images posted by a professional photographer with an eye for a storm
Cut to the Chase – A fascinating and well-written storm chaser´s blog with chase career mileage of over 93,000 miles!
Weather Sage – Using astrometeorology to predict future weather patterns
Almanac USA – Long range weather forecasts for your area and how they are derived
Watts Up With That – Commentary on science, weather, technology and climate change
Capital Weather Gang – The Washington Post forecasters comment on the weather
Storm Carib – News throughout each hurricane season with updates from each island
Weather Underground – Weather news, chat and resources from around the globe
Windfinder – Ideal blog and resource for snowkiters, windsurfers and kite surfers
Storm Nut – Globe trotting blog by a senior Weather Channel meteorologist/forecaster
Storm Pulse – The API blog that predicts upcoming storms and records weather conditions
Xtreme Weather Blogs
Storm Chasers – The Discovery Channel´s own blog showing video footage of the most recent storms that have chased
Extreme Weather – The Huffington Post dedicates a whole section to extreme weather news and photographs
Extreme Weather Guide – Updates on statistics published in the book of the same name in 2007
Examiner Weather – Extreme weather conditions reported nationally and “city by city”
Backing Winds – Plenty of excellent photography compliments Nebraska storm chasing exploits
Weatherzine – Excellent images, pictures and videos featuring weather extremes in the States
Max Mayfield – The Director of the National Hurricane Centre (until 2007) blogs about hurricanes
Davies WX – A senior meteorologist blogs about tornados – why they happen and why they don´t!
Climate Concern Blogs
Real Climate – Popular and comprehensive blog which backs up often contentious issues with links to scientific studies.
A Few Things Ill Considered – A weekly round-up of Global Warming news and don´t miss “How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic”
Brave New Climate – Excellent and resourceful blog on climate scientology – includes possible scenarios for 2060
BBC Earthwatch – Heightening public awareness of worldwide environmental issues
Climate Ark – Over 200,000 links to authoritative articles and climate change news items
Deep Climate – Uncovers climate science disinformation with educated views on the perpetrators
De Smog Blog – Clears the way through much of the PR nonsense relating to climate change
Only in it for the Gold – You would not want to be a politician obstructing environmental progress!
Things Break –Understandable science about why there is global warming and what causes it
What on Earth – NASA´s own blog about climate change – with quite stunning images
