Weather Newspapers Giannopoulos

Weather forecasts column in European newspapers
Panos Giannopoulos
(1)
, Christoph. Siegrist
(2)
(1) Hellenic National Meteorological Service, (2) SF Meteo
11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011
2011
150 years
since the first weather forecast in newspaper
The Times 1 August 1861
Robert FitzRoy
The Times 2011
The Sun 1999
The Sun 2011
152 daily newspapers from 38 European countries
how weather information is presented which kind of data are published who signs the forecast size/ extent whether probabilistic information is presented to the reader
We examined only the standard column Not the extra reports in case of a severe weather event
When weather can be also in the frontpage
Sometimes a weather event in another continent is in the frontpage..
Almost all the newspapers have a weather forecast
which is the extent of the weather forecast column?

50
46
40 (%)
30
25
20
16 14
10
0 whole page more than 1/2 of between 1/4 and less than 1/4 of a a page but not 1/2 of a page page the whole
Weather forecasts column in European newspapers -Giannopoulos P, Siegrist Ch 11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011
Is there a text forecast?

70 60 50 40 59
(%)
30
22
20 10
0 no text <100 words 100-200 words more than 200 words
10
Where is the weather-page
Usually before sports, TV program etc Some times at page 2 And some times at the last page (whole page)
Sweden Aftonbladet Beligium Het Laatste Nieuws
Who signs the forecast?

40 (%)
30 20 10 28 32 21 14 5 company meteorologist+company or MEt.service meteorologist
0 none
Nat. Met. Servce
Is there a map of the country for todays weather ?

no 6%
yes 94%
Is there a map for tomorrows weather ?

yes 34%
no 66%
Is there a map for days after tomorrow ?

yes 25%
no 75%
Is there a weather forecast for specific cities for tomorrow?

70 64
60
50
(%)
40 31 30
20
10 0 yes only general text or weather icon for country or the region nothing
Is there a weather forecast for specific cities for days after tomorrow?
100
90 80
(%)
70
60 50 40 30 20 10 0 yes
24
64
12
only general text or icon for country or the region
nothing
What else in the page?

in some cases : id of the newspaper Comics, TV program Sudoku, Crosswords Horoscopes Lotto and more.
De Volkskrant
...
( )
Is there a weather forecast for other European cities for the same day?
no 21%
yes 79%
Is there a weather forecast for other European cities for the next day?
yes 12%
no 88%
Is there a weather map for the whole Europe?
no 42%
yes 58%
The map has frontal systems?
no 33%
yes 67%
Is the map color-contoured according to a temperature scale?

yes 48%
no 52%
Is there a weather forecast for non European cities?

no 42%
yes 58%
Is there an advertisement in the same page?

no 31%
yes 69%
Advertisement of which kind ?

100 80 69 (%) 60
40
20
15
16
1. about weather (telephone 2. not about weather/ other line/sms)
both 1+2
Is there an Internet link in the page?

both 1+2 9%
2.newspaper's weather page 22%
none 52%
1. weather company/ Met Service 17%
Is there an Internet link in the page?
None newspaper has
meteoalarm.eu link
Are there any probabilistic information?
Only in a few newspapers
Other information
Sunrise time, moonrise etc 56% Records and climatic data 15% Yesterdays observations 25% UV/pollen/pollution/biometeorology 30% Tides Marine forecast Temperatures mountains-lakes
In some newspapers ( less than 3)
A colored warning map
precipitation map from a model
Text forecast for touristic destinations
Concluding remarks
How is a typical weather column in a European newspaper?
It is more than of the page but less than With a text not more than 100 words signed by Met/ Service or a weather company With a forecast map of the country only for today It doesnt not have any detailed forecast for cities for tomorrow
Concluding remarks
How is a typical weather column in a European newspaper? It has a forecast map for Europe with fronts There are forecasts for other cities in Europe and worldwide but only for today There is an advertisement in the page but not about weather There is no Internet / no meteoalarm link There also some other information no probabilistic forecasts
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Weather forecasts column in European newspapers

(1) Hellenic National Meteorological Service, (2) SF Meteo

11th EMS / 10th ECAM Berlin 2011

The Times 1 August 1861

The Times 2011

The Sun 1999

The Sun 2011

152 daily newspapers from 38 European countries

When weather can be also in the frontpage

Sometimes a weather event in another continent is in the frontpage..

Almost all the newspapers have a weather forecast

which is the extent of the weather forecast column?

Is there a text forecast?

Where is the weather-page

Sweden Aftonbladet Beligium Het Laatste Nieuws

Who signs the forecast?

Is there a map of the country for todays weather ?

Is there a map for tomorrows weather ?

Is there a map for days after tomorrow ?

Is there a weather forecast for specific cities for tomorrow?

only general text or icon for country or the region

What else in the page?

Is there a weather map for the whole Europe?

The map has frontal systems?

Is the map color-contoured according to a temperature scale?

Is there a weather forecast for non European cities?

Is there an advertisement in the same page?

Advertisement of which kind ?

1. about weather (telephone 2. not about weather/ other line/sms)

Is there an Internet link in the page?

1. weather company/ Met Service 17%

Is there an Internet link in the page?

None newspaper has

Are there any probabilistic information?

Only in a few newspapers

In some newspapers ( less than 3)

A colored warning map

precipitation map from a model

Text forecast for touristic destinations

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