Editorial policy and corrections

Updated: October 6, 2026. WeatherRecall publishes educational synthesis of weather sources and practical research methods. It is not a certified forecasting service or provider of personalized safety advice. A project byline does not establish a meteorologist's credentials, professional peer review, or agency endorsement.

Evidence and provenance

Weather claims should name their source, location, period, variable, and unit. Reanalysis estimates must be distinguished from instrument observations. Station catalog metadata is not proof that station measurements were retrieved. Rankings must identify their sample, and anomalies must identify their baseline. We do not invent observations, customer experiences, or qualifications to make an explanation sound authoritative.

Source links support independent checking. Summaries should use original explanatory wording rather than reproduce another publisher's article. References to Open-Meteo, ECMWF, NOAA, or national meteorological services do not imply partnership or editorial approval.

Examples, frameworks, and thresholds

Worked numbers used for teaching are labelled hypothetical unless a reproducible archive query supports them. Suggested planning thresholds are illustrative choices, not universal safety limits. A score does not certify structural wind tolerance, heat safety, lightning protection, or an evacuation plan. Official current warnings, supplier specifications, and competent local advice take precedence.

Generated summaries and translations

Tool panels can generate explanatory text from returned values and application rules. Such prose is a derived interpretation, not independent corroboration or a new observation. Static guidance and automatically generated panels can have different update paths. Missing inputs, rounding, or an unsuitable baseline may weaken a narrative; check the table and method rather than relying on confident wording alone.

Automatic translation can send text to an external service and may alter technical meaning. If a translated label conflicts with a unit or source description, consult the source documentation and report the discrepancy. We do not assert that every page or language has been reviewed by a qualified specialist.

Correction requests

Email [email protected] with the page URL, disputed wording or value, coordinates, dates, lookback period, and a comparison source. Include its units and time zone. A difference between two datasets can be a representativeness issue rather than a typographical error; precise evidence makes investigation possible.

Material corrections should explain what changed, especially if the source interpretation or conclusion changes. Displayed update dates should reflect actual work, not be used to imply freshness without review. This policy describes editorial standards, not a guaranteed response deadline or proof that all legacy content already meets them.

Advertising and independence

Direct advertising loaders are paused pending a Google-certified CMP and applicable publisher requirements. A basic analytics consent manager is not that certification. Content changes, word counts, or trust pages do not guarantee AdSense approval, ad availability, or search-engine indexing. Educational explanations should remain useful without advertising or account registration.

Continue with methodology, data sources, planning guides, and Weather Academy. The contact page explains what to include in a report.