Yr.no

yr.no is a website and a mobile app for weather forecasting and dissemination of other types of meteorological information hosted by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute [1].

yr.no

Type of site	Weather forecasts
Available in	Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Kven, Northern Sami English
Owner	Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute
URL	http://www.yr.no
Commercial	No
Registration	2007
Launched	September 19, 2007
Current status	Active

Etymology

The word yr means drizzle in Norwegian [2].

Services

yr.no provides weather forecasts across the globe. The website also publishes various types of weather related information and news.

Information sources

In addition to data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, yr.no uses open data from various collaborators such as

• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• GeoNames
• The Norwegian Polar Institute

It also collects information from different types of private weather stations [3].

History

The website was officially launched in september 2007 [1] .

Staff

Ingrid Støver Jensen is the current editor of yr.no.

References

1. Tessem, Berit. "Vi klikker på dårlig vær". Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-03-09.
2. "Bokmålsordboka | Nynorskordboka". ordbok.uib.no. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
3. "Samarbeidspartnere". Yr hjelp og informasjon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-03-09.