Mike's Weather Page is an amateur

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and

weather Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloud cover, cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmo ...

aggregator established in 2004.

History

The website was launched in 2004 by Mike Boylan. He graduated from the

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with a degree in marketing in 1996. He joined Facebook in 2009 to establish his weather site and has since amassed millions of followers on social media, becoming a popular figure in the weather blogging realm. Boylan is well known for his live coverage of Atlantic hurricanes as a storm chaser. The website currently displays a wide range of aggregated information related to weather and

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteoro ...

. Analysis and forecasts of

tropical cyclogenesis Tropical cyclogenesis is the development and strengthening of a tropical cyclone in the atmosphere. The mechanisms through which tropics, tropical cyclogenesis occur are distinctly different from those through which temperate cyclogenesis occu ...

can be found on the site. For example, computer model runs and real-time satellite imagery data of tropical activity in the Atlantic basin can be accessed on the website. The site also collects maps and tropical forecasts on a national scale, as well as a global earthquake feed. The website's style is simple and relatively unchanged since the late 2000s.

Creation

As a weather enthusiast, Boylan founded the website in 2004, and it has since become a popular source of meteorological information for personal, corporate, military, government, and scientific entities, due to its data aggregation style. Boylan declares in media reports and personal communication channels that his weather website is only for informational purposes and is not intended to sell tropical forecasts. Boylan's comprehension of tropical cyclogenesis is self-taught, and he describes himself as a blogger, storm chaser, and civilian weather tracker. Boylan is married to Julie, and the couple has two daughters as well as two pets. He is a NASCAR enthusiast. The Boylan family first gained public appeal after a local news station visited their Tampa Bay home and aired a brief segment about them in the 2000s.

Recognition

Boylan and his website Mike's Weather Page has been acknowledged by the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Exec ...

. It has served as a source for weather analysis by

hurricane hunter Hurricane hunters, typhoon hunters, or cyclone hunters are aircrews that fly into tropical cyclones to gather weather data. In the United States, the organizations that fly these missions are the United States Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather ...

s, meteorologists, state emergency management entities, The Weather Channel, and government officials. Veteran meteorologist Jim Cantore once called Boylan's site a "one-stop shop for weather." In 2021, Florida Governor

Ron DeSantis Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician, attorney, and former United States Navy, naval officer serving as the 46th List of governors of Florida, governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Pa ...

honored Boylan with the Tropical Meteorology Award for his site's focus on weather coverage during Atlantic hurricane seasons. In 2023 and 2024, the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) announced a partnership with Mike's Weather Page for the sponsorship of the No. 4 JD Motorsports car in a

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race. Along with the FDEM, Mike's Weather Page holds a partnership with Gulf Coast Jam, Tampa Bay Brewing Company, and FIRMAN Power Equipment.

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External links

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