Weather Realness

About Weather Realness

Illinois Public Media premieres a new weekly radio program and podcast, a partnership with the Department of Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences in the School of Earth, Society & Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Weather Realness brings the best weather and climate scientists in Illinois to help the public understand weather and climate by providing scientific facts and enlightening conversation.

Publisher

Illinois Public Media - WILL

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jul 2025

Latest episode

19 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Sept 2026

   Why some of us don’t take weather warnings seriously

   Whenever severe weather is approaching, we often get notifications about tornadoes or thunderstorms. But why do some of us ignore these warnings?

2. 

   19 Sept 2026

   What makes derechos so dangerous?

   Derechos are strong wind storms coupled with a band of thunderstorms. We’re breaking what makes them destroyed and what caused the extreme derecho event in August.

3. 

   12 Sept 2026

   The science behind Illinois’ August flooding

   We talk about flooding in central Illinois and why Illinois keeps getting hit with heavy rainfall.

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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