Time and weather websites provide tools necessary in today’s global economy. Weather dictates the plans for many businesses and professionals. Insurance companies investigate claims based on weather; agriculture and construction projects need information, to name a few. Knowing the correct time for a client or customer in another state or country provides the key to coordinating online meetings and phone calls.

Most of the online time and weather providers offer free services with continuous real-time features. These sites require your interaction by providing the location needed for the time or weather report. When looking for a time or weather forecast website, consider the following:

1. Get a dedicated weather forecast website with related information.

2. Find websites that provide both online weather and world time features.

3. Consider paid solutions for specific business related weather online information.

4. Locate online time and alarm clocks and world time zones in real time.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Chose a free dedicated weather website

These sites contain information that goes beyond current forecasts.

I recommend: Stay informed with up-to-the minute radar and other weather information at the National Hurricane Center, tracking tropical storms and hurricanes for the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic regions. Enter city or US zip code in the “Change Location” box and click “GO” for WeatherBug live visual layout of temperature, wind direction and other pertinent data from AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. Get the local weather for stateside or international city or state by entering ZIP or US/International city at The Weather Channel.

Get both time and weather online at these free sites

Choose a country or city for vital weather information and current time.

I recommend: Pick your state for time information or enter city, state or ZIP code in the box and click “Go” at TimeTemperature.com. Enter a country’s city under “Current Time” to get time, weather report, extended weather and other information at Time and Date AS.

Find Internet weather providers with paid weather services

These sites charge a fee to receive their services. Check them out if you're looking for something more than what the free websites offer.

I recommend: Contact MyWeather, LLC for tailored B2B and B2C solutions with over 350 newspaper and television weather reports. Get solutions with pricing for your business at Weather Source; click “Pricing” at the bottom to open a separate window.

Locate free live weather radars to know when severe weather's on the way

These online weather radar centers track the weather through Doppler radar in all the states.

I recommend: Click any state on the map for current national Doppler radar sites at the National Weather Service; then, for real time movement, click a “Loop” from the sidebar. Select your state from the map for Doppler at The Emergency Email Network, Inc.

Select a free time website to aid in contacting different time zones

With many different time zones in the global economy, knowing the appropriate local time to contact business clients makes sense.

I recommend: Click the state of interest to see the official US time at Time.gov. See the current day and time for major countries and cities at TimeZoneConverter.com; then refresh the page for updates. Get real time for US time zones on one list from the US Naval Observatory Master Clock Time.

Use a free website digital clock with an alarm

These sites not only provide the time but also offer an interactive alarm clock via the computer page.

I recommend: Set the clock online by choosing your alarm settings at military.onlineclock.net. Go to CSGNetwork.com for current time then set the alarm time with audible alarm.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Many online time and weather providers let you access detailed meteorological histories and other weather and time related information by clicking on other categories, typically from a sidebar.