Do you know what the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is? The director of the U.S. National Weather Service wants to lead it.

The specialised UN agency for weather and the climate traces its roots back 150 years to the early days of shipping forecasts. The WMO was preceded by the International Meteorological Organization ...

The IMO Prize is the most important award in meteorology. It honours individuals for their outstanding contributions to the field of meteorology, hydrology, climatology or related fields. Established ...

The organisation reformed as the WMO in 1950 and became the UN's meteorological agency the following year. It is the second-oldest agency in the UN fold after the International Telecommunication ...