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Where does your weather forecast come from?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published May 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM CDT

Whether you get your weather from an app on your phone or a meteorologist on TV, most of the information for your local weather forecast comes from the federal government.

NPR’s Rebecca Hersher reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2025 WBUR

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