AccuWeather’s Hurricane Warning Service™
AccuWeather provides more frequent updates as the storm approaches and threatens your particular area. Importantly, our forecasts and warnings are pinpointed to your exact location and include details of the hurricane’s impact on your jurisdiction, whether it’s storm surge, flooding rains, the risk of wind damage, or tornado development—all tailored to your precise location and your particular needs.
For Hurricanes
AccuWeather has been cited by Congress for Superior Accuracy™ in hurricanes and won awards from the American Meteorological Society for our exceptional hurricane forecasting. From Hurricane Agnes in 1972, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Hurricane Ian in 2022, and many more – AccuWeather forecasts in total have saved thousands of lives.

Hurricane Beryl
June 28 – July 11, 2024On July 2, 28 hours before the NHC and any other known source, AccuWeather predicted Beryl would bring flooding and damaging winds to Texas.

Hurricane Helene
September 24 – 27, 2024On September 24, AccuWeather was the ONLY known source to accurately warn that Helene would bring a catastrophic “flooding disaster” to the Southern Appalachians. And we did it 48 hours in advance.

Hurricane Milton
October 5 – 11, 2024On September 27, 12 days before Milton developed, AccuWeather was the first known source to predict that a tropical storm or hurricane would track towards Florida. On October 5, 6 hours before the NHC and all other known sources, AccuWeather issued its first track.

Hurricane Ian
September 23 – 30, 2022AccuWeather issued a track three days before the NHC. AccuWeather predicted a lethal storm surge of 16-20’ and the NHC predicted 12’-16’. AccuWeather saved dozens of lives as the storm surge of 18’ hit Florida and killed 150 people.

Hurricane Sandy
October 22, 2012 – November 2, 2012AccuWeather was the first to notify the public and save lives with warnings that were days ahead and more accurate than any other source. While the government and other public sources of information declared that Sandy would “not be a hurricane” at landfall, AccuWeather continued to call it a hurricane, knowing that people take action more critically for a hurricane than for more standard wind and coastal flood warning.

Hurricane Katrina
August 23, 2005 – August 31, 2005AccuWeather was cited by U.S. Congress as the first and only source to forecast the storm’s full damage in advance, saving an estimated ten thousand lives.
A new study conducted by Kantar, one of the world’s leading marketing data and analytics companies, has found that AccuWeather provided the most accurate and most effective hurricane forecasts during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, outperforming the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and all other known sources. For all 2024 U.S. landfall hurricanes, AccuWeather’s forecasts provided, on average, 19 hours more advance notice of the storms’ track, 8.9% more accurate track forecasts, 4.4% more accurate hurricane intensity forecast, 5.7% more accurate landfall timing, 8.6% more accurate landfall point, and 37.8% more accurate landfall intensity forecast. Read the full report here
