# Weather (weather.com): agent-readiness 73/100, grade C

> Rank 55 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-09-29T13:40:16.051Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/weather-com  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/weather-com

## Summary
Category: Media and publishing
{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "Weather.com is a well-known digital platform associated with The Weather Channel, providing comprehensive weather information. It offers forecasts, radar, and severe weather alerts for locations across the globe.",
  "offerings": [
    "Weather forecasts (hourly, daily, extended)",
    "Weather radar and interactive maps",
    "Severe weather alerts and warnings",
    "Hurricane and storm tracking",
    "Weather-related news and articles",
    "Climate information"
  ],
  "audience": "General public, individuals, and businesses seeking current and future weather conditions worldwide.",
  "geography": "Global",
  "strengths": [
    "Highly recognized and trusted brand (The Weather Channel)",
    "Extensive coverage of weather data and forecasts",
    "Provides real-time updates and critical severe weather alerts",
    "User-friendly interface across web and mobile platforms",
    "Global reach for weather information"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific details of its current ownership structure",
    "Exact revenue generation breakdown (e.g., ad vs. subscription)",
    "Detailed user demographics",
    "Specific backend data sources and modeling techniques",
    "The full suite of B2B offerings, if any"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "accuweather.com",
    "weather.gov",
    "wunderground.com",
    "yr.no",
    "meteoblue.com"
  ],
  "business": "Weather.com provides global weather forecasts, radar, and severe weather alerts for the general public and businesses worldwide.",
  "competitors": [
    "accuweather.com",
    "weatherbug.com",
    "wunderground.com",
    "yr.no",
    "meteoblue.com",
    "theweathernetwork.com",
    "foreca.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 21/24
- Content legibility: 25/26
- Discovery surface: 9/20
- Identity & policy: 10/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 0/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No API or feed to read
- [blocker] No MCP endpoint to call
- [improvement] Stated automated-access policy
- [improvement] No Content Signals
- [improvement] No Markdown for agents

## AI mentions and rivals
- weatherbug.com: not measured
- wunderground.com: not measured
- yr.no: not measured
- meteoblue.com: not measured
- theweathernetwork.com: not measured

## FAQ
Q: Is Weather readable by AI agents?
A: Weather (weather.com) scores 73 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade C, measured yesterday, on 29.09.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 2 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using weather.com?
A: The heaviest problems are: No API or feed to read; No MCP endpoint to call; Stated automated-access policy; No Content Signals; No Markdown for agents. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.

Q: How is the Weather agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of weather.com as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from yesterday, on 29.09.2026.

## Related
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