Your meteorologist for the decisions weather affects
Makens Weather helps agriculture and weather-sensitive businesses understand what's coming, what has changed, and what it means for their operation.
Trusted by organizations across agriculture and business
How Makens Weather Helps
Weather Intelligence Briefs
Regular, curated weather intelligence built around the conditions that matter to your business.
Seasonal Weather Intelligence
Ongoing seasonal outlooks, business-specific interpretation, and direct access to a meteorologist for planning ahead.
Strategic Weather Partnerships
Ongoing custom weather support for organizations where weather affects operations, customers or revenue.
“As you might imagine, being the nation’s largest distributor of hardscape products to contractors and homeowners, weather has a major impact on our business. Whether it’s cultivating strategic responses to El Nino events or strategizing on product mix requirements across the four seasons, you need a reliable meteorologist to partner with your management team. Matt Makens is that partner for Pioneer Sand Company. Often times called our staff meteorologist, Matt has provided sound guidance, assisting us to be as responsive to changing weather as we are to our broad customer base. Not one to merely repeat what others are saying, Matt conducts thorough analysis through his own research, resulting in a solid foundation for his strategic guidance to companies and the community.”
Weather information is everywhere. Knowing what matters is harder.
Makens Weather brings together computer modeling, climate drivers, historical patterns and analog years to build a clear view of what’s ahead. Then we take it a step further, focusing that forecast on the regions, timing and weather risks that actually matter to your business, so you can plan with more confidence.
25+ Years of Weather Experience
Matt Makens has spent more than 25 years forecasting weather and climate, from daily operational weather to seasonal and long-range outlooks. He founded Makens Weather in 2016 to give businesses and organizations an independent meteorologist they can turn to when weather affects planning, customers, or risk.
Today, his work is especially focused on agriculture, helping organizations across the U.S. and Canada understand how weather patterns may evolve in the weeks, months, and seasons ahead.
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Speaking & Media
CattleCon • CattleFax Outlook Seminars • Alberta Beef Industry Conference • TSCRA • Texas Farm Bureau • Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association • American Feed Industry Association
Let's Talk About Weather and Your Business
Tell me a little about your business and where weather creates uncertainty. I'll get back to you personally to talk about whether Makens Weather can help.
A nor'easter will continue to cause problems along the Mid-Atlantic coast through midweek, with coastal flooding, beach erosion and dangerous marine conditions. Meanwhile, a storm moving into the West will pull unusually high amounts of moisture into the Southwest and Four Corners, increasing the risk of flash flooding Wednesday and Thursday. That storm will eventually spread rain and thunderstorms into the Plains this weekend, with some locally heavy rainfall possible. Snow is also likely in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Rockies. Temperatures will run cooler than normal across much of the West, while the Central U.S. stays unusually warm for late October. Another Pacific system will bring precipitation into the Northwest this weekend, and parts of Florida could see repeated rounds of heavy rain.