Databricks recognizes AccuWeather® as 2024 Retail and Consumer Goods Partner of the Year Award

Data + AI Summit 2024, San Francisco, CA – June 10, 2024 – AccuWeather is the proud recipient of the Databricks 2024 Retail and Consumer Goods Partner of the Year Award, presented at the 2024 Data + AI Summit in San Francisco.

“We are honored to work alongside Databricks to help drive better outcomes for our joint customers,” said Eric Michielli, AccuWeather's Senior Director, Data and Weather Technology. “Our data science team continues to push the boundaries of innovation in weather forecasting and analytics to generate world class datasets that help retailers, and all kinds of businesses, make the best possible weather-related decisions.”

For more than 60 years, AccuWeather has been dedicated to helping consumers and partners understand and mitigate the impacts of weather on their daily lives and businesses with innovations like their unique weather risk measurement approach that bring the company’s rich and quality-assured weather data together with partner-provided data on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. This process uses machine learning to help users understand where and when the most significant impacts on their business will likely occur.

In addition, the AccuWeather Data Suite, with more than 240 frequently refreshed parameters, is designed to help organizations increase safety, reduce liability and loss, improve performance, minimize risk, and drive efficiency.

AccuWeather powers the most advanced digital forecasting system with Superior Accuracy™ by leveraging over 170 forecast models from around the world, along with expert meteorologist insight, bringing unmatched benefits to Databricks Marketplace users, including:

- Global coverage: Search parameters include named locations (i.e., Chicago, IL; State College, PA), latitude, longitude, and postal codes (in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany only)

- 20+ years of historical weather data (started in 2000)

- Efficient, tiered package options and pricing for forecast and/or historical weather data, including: Basic, Plus, and Advanced

- Data within this package includes AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature, UV, precipitation type, solar irradiance, dewpoint, and hundreds of other advanced weather-related parameters.

Learn more at AccuWeather’s Data + AI Summit 2024 Lightning Talks:

- June 11th at 2:50PM PDT - AccuWeather: Turn Risky Weather Obstacles Into Business Opportunities

- June 12th 11:00AM PDT - How will AccuWeather Climate Data Revolutionize Children's Healthcare? 

Visit the AccuWeather in the Explorer Marketplace, booth number MP4 for more information

About AccuWeather

AccuWeather®, verified  as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 10,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. 

Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is a leading weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones. 

AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Fubo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Red Box, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee. 

Visit accuweather.com for the most accurate hyperlocal forecasts, weather news, and information, and download the free AccuWeather app for Android or iOS.  

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