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.
The weather pattern is getting more active as we head into November. Several storm systems will bring rain to much of the country over the next week, with mountain snow in the West and the possibility of some snow reaching the High Plains early next week. Texas faces a more immediate concern, with heavy thunderstorms and localized flooding possible through Thursday. Meanwhile, much of the central and eastern United States will stay unusually warm for late October, with temperatures running 10 to 20 degrees above average in some areas. The biggest forecast question involves a developing Pacific storm that could bring widespread precipitation to California and eventually strengthen over the central Plains.