Research

WeatherBill conducts and publishes research reports on weather trends and the impact of weather on various industries. This page lists our most recently published research reports.

Global Weather Sensitivity (August 2008)

WeatherBill studied the weather sensitivity of 68 countries and estimates that if the sixty-eight countries included in the study hedged all of their weather risk, global economic output could grow by as much as $258 billion per year.
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Flight Disruptions and Weather (April 2008)

Between June 2003 and April 2007, over 25% of flights in the United States were cancelled or delayed. More than 55% of those disruptions (almost three million) were due to weather. WeatherBill has identified the airports and airlines most sensitive to adverse weather, helping to facilitate reliable estimates of future flight disruptions.
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Impact of Weather on Movie Box Office Revenue (December 2007)

WeatherBill’s study of the impact of weather on film box office revenue identifies sensitivities to both temperature and precipitation levels. The study analyzes nearly ten years of weather and film box office revenue data on top-grossing films in regions that account for the majority of UK movie theater admissions, to identify and quantify the financial impact of weather.
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Temperature Trends In Major U.S. Cities (September 2007)

Winter is getting warmer for 57 percent of the biggest cities in the United States, while fifteen percent of the cities studied show increasing temperatures during the summer.
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Rainfall Patterns in the Lower 48 United States (May 2007)

The rainiest city in the United States is not Portland, OR or Seattle, WA but Mobile, AL, which averages more than five feet of rain each year. WeatherBill studied thirty years of historical data to calculate the rainiest cities, cities with the most rainy days, and the driest locations in the country.
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Impact of Climate Change on Golf Playable Days in the U.S. (February 2007)

The golf industry’s significant sensitivity to weather will make it one of the first to feel the impacts of increasing weather uncertainty due to climate change. As a result, we anticipate the industry to be impacted in the near-term as cyclical weather patterns face disruption by an increasingly volatile climate.
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