Abstract: A computer-based system for collecting and presenting real-time weather information includes a number of automatic weather detecting stations, a centralized database for storing weather data, and a number of presentation software modules for presenting the data to a number of users over a variety of different media. According to specific embodiments, the system includes a presentation module for presenting real-time data via voice messages to telephone callers, a presentation module for presenting data over a television broadcast, a presentation module for presentation data over a multimedia computer network, and a shared interface and local database module for communicating data to and from the weather database and for maintaining a local database of weather data.