weather.com

We performed a comprehensive analysis of weather.com on 2026-06-29. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 7485ms. The page is served over HTTP/2 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 247 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc (OV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.3 with the TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 cipher suite and ECDSA-SHA384 signature algorithm. The certificate covers 24 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2027-01-05, which is 190 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 20/100 (poor). The following security headers are properly configured: Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS). However, the site is missing Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 5 technologies across 5 categories powering weather.com. The detected stack includes Next.js chunks, React, Vite, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and New Relic. The site uses Next.js as its primary framework (version chunks). The UI is built with React. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, weather.com receives an overall trust score of 72/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, weather.com receives a trust score of 72/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit, HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) enforcement preventing protocol downgrade attacks, a valid SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc with 190 days until expiration, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, DMARC email authentication with a none policy, and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) providing cryptographic email verification. Areas of concern include: the absence of a Content-Security-Policy header, which leaves the site more vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, no X-Frame-Options header, which could allow the site to be embedded in malicious iframes (clickjacking), missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked weather.com against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

Our technology detection engine scanned weather.com and identified 5 distinct technologies across 5 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. Framework: Next.js (version chunks) — provides the application framework and routing for weather.com. UI Library: React — handles the user interface rendering and component management for weather.com. Build Tool: Vite — bundles and optimizes the JavaScript and CSS assets for weather.com. Advertising: LinkedIn Insight Tag — handles advertising pixel tracking and conversion measurement for weather.com. Monitoring: New Relic — monitors application performance and errors for weather.com.

weather.com delivers its homepage in 7485ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 247 KB, and we detected 108 resource requests loading assets from 19 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. The website uses Gzip compression for text-based assets, achieving an estimated 60.0% reduction in transfer size. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for visitors on slower connections. Asset minification status: 0 out of 3 CSS files and 1 out of 30 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 32 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. From an environmental perspective, each page view of weather.com produces approximately 0.12g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of A. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 247 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for weather.com. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

weather.com resolves to the IPv4 address 184.31.80.52 and also supports IPv6 (2a02:26f0:e80:183::2e03), demonstrating modern network infrastructure readiness. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 6 name servers: a1-70.akam.net, a10-65.akam.net, a11-66.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a14-64.akam.net, and a24-65.akam.net. Having 6 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for weather.com is handled by Google Workspace with 5 MX records configured: aspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com, and alt2.aspmx.l.google.com and 2 more. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is configured, which specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email on behalf of this domain. This helps prevent email spoofing and improves email deliverability. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a none policy — a monitoring-only setting that doesn't enforce any action on unauthorized emails. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is configured, adding a cryptographic signature to outgoing emails that receiving servers can verify to confirm the email hasn't been tampered with in transit. DNSSEC is not enabled for weather.com. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 8 active subdomains for weather.com: api.weather.com, dev.weather.com, m.weather.com, mail.weather.com, shop.weather.com, store.weather.com, support.weather.com, and www.weather.com. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The homepage of weather.com contains 183 words of visible text content. This is a relatively short page — adding more descriptive content could improve search engine visibility. The page is structured with 1 H2 headings, 0 H3 headings, 0 H4 headings. The page includes 7 images. 1 images (14%) are missing alt text attributes, which is a significant concern for both accessibility and SEO. Screen readers rely on alt text to describe images to visually impaired users, and search engines use alt text to understand image content. Only 86% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 23 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 16 external links pointing to third-party websites. There are 30 external JavaScript files, 3 CSS stylesheets, and 0 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: XML Sitemap (helps search engines discover all pages), robots.txt (controls search engine crawling behavior), Schema.org structured data (ImageObject, Organization, and WebPage), and Progressive Web App (PWA) manifest (enabling app-like installation). We detected the following payment methods accepted on weather.com: JCB. Offering multiple payment options including credit cards and digital wallets improves customer trust and can increase conversion rates. The website has social media presence across 7 platforms: Facebook (@TheWeatherChannel), Twitter (@weatherchannel), Instagram (@weatherchannel), Linkedin (@the-weather-channel), Youtube (@TheWeatherChannel), Tiktok (@weatherchannel), and Pinterest (@weatherchannel). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for weather.com is too long at 107 characters: "Sääennuste ja sääolosuhteet alueelle Helsinki, Uudenmaan maakunta 00140 - The We...". At 107 characters, the title will likely be truncated in Google search results (recommended: 50-60 characters). Consider shortening it while keeping the most important keywords at the beginning. The meta description is 142 characters (well-optimized): "Tämän päivän ja illan Helsinki, Uudenmaan maakunta 00140 sääennuste, sääolosuhteet ja Doppler-tutkatiedot - The Weather ...". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The canonical url is correctly set to https://weather.com/fi-fi/weather/today/l/helsinki+uudenmaan+maakunta+00610?canonicalcityid=2c40a67c46318a6719d49f55b175395b, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as fi-fi, the meta robots directive is set to max-image-preview:large, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 3/4 recommended fields: OG title ("Sääennuste ja sääolosuhteet alueelle Helsinki, Uudenmaan maa..."), OG description, OG type (website). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. A Twitter Card of type summary_large_image is configured, which controls how links appear when shared on Twitter/X. The "summary_large_image" type displays a large image preview, which typically generates higher engagement rates than the basic card type. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: ImageObject, Organization, and WebPage. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates. The meta keywords tag contains 10 terms including Helsinki, Uudenmaan maakunta 00140 sää, Helsinki, Uudenmaan maakunta 00140sääennuste, and Helsinki. Note: Google has officially confirmed that it does not use the meta keywords tag as a ranking signal. However, some other search engines (Bing, Yandex) may still reference it.