European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Established1975  (50 years ago)
HeadquartersReading 
CountryUnited Kingdom 
Coordinates51°25′11″N 0°57′03″W / 51.41961°N 0.95081°W / 51.41961; -0.95081
Chief ExecutivesFlorence Rabier 
DirectorsFlorence Rabier

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by most of the nations of Europe. It is based at three sites: Shinfield Park, Reading, United Kingdom; Bologna, Italy; and Bonn, Germany. It operates one of the largest supercomputer complexes in Europe and the world's largest archive of numerical weather prediction data.

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