Weather Research Center is a non-profit educational and research organization dedicated to the study of weather.

Based in Houston, Texas, Weather Research Center was founded in 1987 by Jill F. Hasling with Dr. John C. Freeman, who continues to direct the organization.

Dr. Freeman, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, has been involved in the study of and education about weather for more than 55 years.

Ms. Hasling is also a Certified Consulting Meteorologist. She began her professional career in 1974 with the Institute for Storm Research.

Both educators at heart, it was their ambition to establish and maintain a facility dedicated to broadening interest in and knowledge of weather among students of all ages. The founding of Weather Research Center, funded principally through provision of professional services to clients, was the culmination of that dream.

Weather Research Center provides research, reporting and prognostication in Meteorology and Oceanography to a diverse list of clients worldwide. Services include international weather forecasting, weather forensics, environmental and climatology research, literature, data surveys and computer modeling.

Clientele includes companies in the energy, utility, insurance, engineering, construction and travel industries, local and foreign governments and local, national and international media.

Profits from providing these services are utilized for the Center's many activities:

• Weather Research Center is the only private nonprofit educational and research organization in the world that is dedicated to the preservation of weather history and education.
• The Center provides mentoring programs for high school students and internships for Meteorology students from colleges across the nation.
• Since its inception, the Weather Research Center has provided internships for college students and qualified them to receive NCIM scholarships from the National Council of Industrial Meteorologists.
• Each year approximately 2,000 students, 400 Boy and Girl Scouts, and 600 seniors tour the facilities to gain a better understanding of weather forecasts and weather safety.
• Each summer since 1993 the Center has offered weather camps for students. WRCTM Weather Camp has 22 sessions each year, with nine different topics. Some children return annually, and in recent years over 160 attended.
• Weather Research Center maintains a presence on the World Wide Web at www.wxresearch.com and www.wxresearch.org. The website is viewed daily by many people and is one of the most comprehensive sites on the Web for weather information.

The newest and in many ways the most important project for the Center is establishment of The Weather Museum.

The Weather Museum is being developed to stimulate interest in the scientific fields of Meteorology and Oceanography, to provide a facility for people of all ages to learn safety information and to look into the past at how weather was observed.

In 1996, with the assistance of Houston Endowment, other foundations, corporations and individual donors, the Museum property and building were purchased. The location is adjacent to the Weather Research Center at 3227 Audley, in Houston.

Current fund raising activities are dedicated to refurbishing the building, acquisition of exhibits and development of other educational tools for use in the Museum.