New AccuWeather App Grabs Top Honors for WMO International Weather App Awards 2020

AccuWeather app recognized in 3 categories for awards that celebrate innovation, meteorological content, user-friendliness and state-of-the-art design.

AccuWeather announced it has been recognized in three categories for the 2020 World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) International Weather App Awards. The newly designed app, launched in July of 2020, incorporated new and significant enhancements to current features based on user feedback, combined with the proven Superior Accuracy of AccuWeather forecasts and warnings.

In a highly competitive field of 118 entries the AccuWeather app was chosen in three distinct categories, and specific honors for life-saving weather warnings, among other features, including the top category of “Best Design and Presentation of Information, User-Friendliness; Access and Customization” (Private Sector); as well as “Best User Interface and Data Representation” (Innovation); and “Best Weather Warnings” (Private Sector).

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The WMO announced the launch of the awards during the World Meteorological Congress in June 2019 in an effort to   guide users in their app selection and support weather   organizations in making their products more user-friendly.   The awards cover all sectors – public, private, academic, civil   society – in a selective process, from a competitive range of   entrants. According to the WMO web site, the competition   rewards excellence in ever-improving mobile-based   applications for weather and climate information. The award   winners were publicly announced on December 15, 2020 at   an official virtual Awards Ceremony held by WMO.

“We are delighted to be recognized in these three categories   by the World Meteorological Organization for our app,  a tool   that millions of users around the world rely upon to receive   weather forecasts, and other vital information, impacting   every facet of their lives,” said Kurt Fulepp, Chief Product   Officer at AccuWeather. “For over a year our team worked on this project to completely reimagine the way in which our app showcases our superior forecast within an intuitive and beautiful design. We are committed to accuracy and innovation, which are at the core of AccuWeather’s DNA, and it is truly an honor to be selected for these prestigious awards in such good company.”

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The reengineered app experience, available to download free across Android and iOS devices, allows everyone from everyday users to weather fanatics to easily access the most up-to-the-minute weather forecasts and data, whenever and wherever they want it.

Most recently, in a broad roll out of new, ground-breaking feature updates, the company announced the widely popular AccuWeather MinuteCast® forecast length had been doubled from two to four hours. Additional innovations included the introduction of widgets on iOS, the AccuWeather RealVue™ Satellite, which provides an astronaut’s eye-view of the Earth, and a comprehensive collection of winter weather preparation notifications and.

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