First, in recent years, we've seen a surge in climate and extreme weather events, along with analysis and other evidence that the world is on an unsustainable course.

CNN: More voices needed in climate debate

First, on May 19th, energy risk analysis leader 3TIER and weather risk management firm Galileo announced that they would be offering financial products to hedge the risk of wind variability.

FORBES: Financial Innovation is Blowin' in the Wind

He ends his book with a blast of cartographical analysis, and suggests that weather maps have created the template for other representations of volatile geographic phenomena such as the incidence of crime and disease.

ECONOMIST: Weather maps

"We have always seen a great deal of variability in UK extreme rainfall because our weather patterns are constantly changing, but this analysis suggests we are seeing a shift in our rainfall behaviour, " she said.

BBC: Extreme rainfall in UK 'increasing'

To the contrary, our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change.

CNN: NASA scientist links climate change, extreme weather

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said that their analysis of temperature data from a global network of weather stations indicated that the average temperature for 2012 was 0.57C above the 20th Century average.

BBC: 2012 was in top 10 warmest on record

Glenn Orton, a researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who has led the analysis of the merged storm, admits that Jupiter's weather is still only dimly understood.

ECONOMIST: Comparative meteorology

"The vagaries of today's weather appear to be getting ever worse or more unpredictable, so people are wanting ever more information and analysis, " says Mr Herbert.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Bad weather's silver lining

Ag customers, who already receive weather reports, commodity quotes and breaking news, are paying upwards of 50% more for more-detailed analysis of such issues as Asian soybean rust and avian influenza.

FORBES: Third time's a charm for this little data provider. Or is it?