# The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A readable history of weather forecasting, covering the field up to before Covid.

## Why people recommend it

- History of weather forecasting (2 comments): "It's a great read into the history of weather forecasting pre-Covid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959689)) "A good book on the history of forecasting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511953))
- Covers the field before Covid (1 comments): "It's a great read into the history of weather forecasting pre-Covid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959689))

## What people warn about

- Much of it is who's-who profiles (1 comments): "this sounds like it takes up a good chunk of the book with who's-whos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45960043))

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- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/006236863X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780062368638) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum", https://hackerapproved.com/p/weather-machine-a-journey-inside-the-forecast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).