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The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce

The Washington Post · last updated

What to stock on the shelves. Which airport destination to choose for a freight shipment. The specifications for bridge building.

Across the country, retailers make calls every day based on weather and climate data from the Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These agencies’ datasets and services — all based on an expansive network of satellites, data buoys, balloons, aircraft and weather stations that collect more than a billion environmental observations every day — play a key role in the nation’s economy, research shows.

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