AccuWeather.com Sets Record for Most Single-Day Page Views

Anticipation Over Possibility of Early Spring Snow Event Increases Traffic to the Leading Source for Weather Information on the Internet

(State College, PA, April 10, 2003) - AccuWeather.com announced today that they set a new record for page views in one day with 5.73 million views on April 7, breaking the previous record of 4.87 million page views on Jan. 6, 2003.

The increase has been attributed to an early spring storm tracking across the country that is expected to spread a variety of adverse weather over a large portion of the eastern third of the United States. The storm surprised some residents with an April snowfall. This demonstrates AccuWeather's ability to provide breaking weather information when rapidly changing weather conditions warrant.

"This milestone proves that AccuWeather.com is viewed by the general public as an important source of information when severe weather strikes," Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder and president of AccuWeather, Inc. said. "We provide continual updates when these conditions occur to offer the most effective weather information tool for millions worldwide."

AccuWeather.com was launched in 1996 and it continues to grow. AccuWeather.com's comprehensive Web site offers Internet users the most sophisticated weather data, graphics, forecasts, and applications on the Internet. It includes AccuWeather's proprietary 15-day and hour-by-hour forecasts for every location on earth, the Internet's most localized, real-time Metro Radars™, and the patent-pending RealFeel™ Temperature, a unique gauge that incorporates eight different weather factors to give the most accurate determination of what the weather feels like under any weather condition.

In addition, AccuWeather.com provides other tools to keep users informed of impending inclement weather. AccuWeather.com Desktop™ provides continuous weather information directly to users' desktop taskbars. AccuWeather.com users can sign up for AccuWeather Alert™, an email product that provides immediate notification of severe weather conditions delivered to a user's inbox. For wireless Web-enabled PDAs and cell phones users, AccuWeather.com Mobile™ provides breaking weather updates directly to these consumers. AccuWeather.com even allows users to see first-hand what weather conditions are like in selected cities through iSight™, a controllable live weather cam system.

AccuWeather.com offers two online subscription services. AccuWeather Premium features an enhanced set of weather features without any advertising. The new AccuWeather Professional provides users with the same tools used by professional forecasters, along with expert forecast discussions by Joe Bastardi.

About AccuWeather and AccuWeather.com

AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority®, provides a portfolio of products and services through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print, and behind the scenes that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather.com services more than 130,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions, and millions more through the website. AccuWeather.com also provides content onto more than 1200 Internet sites including CNN Interactiv, ABC's owned and operated stations, The Associated Press©, The Washington Post and The New York Times.

To speak with an AccuWeather meteorologist about breaking weather news, contact 814-235-8650. For additional information on AccuWeather and AccuWeather.com, please contact Emily DiTomo or Tony Defazio at 610-642-8253.

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