Weather Hunters is an American animated children's television series that premiered on September 8, 2025 on PBS Kids. The series is produced by Al Roker and Dete Meserve. The first full episode was initially set to premiere on July 7, 2025, on PBS Kids in the United States, but was delayed to September 8 of the same year.
Premise
The series follows an 8-year-old girl named Lily Hunter and her family. Lily is a weather detective. In each episode, she embarks on a quest with her dog, Cumulus, to solve mysteries by utilising her knowledge of the weather and forecasting skills. Other members of the Hunter family include Al Hunter, Lily’s father, and the meteorologist, Dot Hunter, Lily’s mother. Lily’s sister, Corky, is an 11-year-old budding documentarian who loves capturing exciting weather events on video, and Benny, Lily’s 5-year-old brother, is always drawing or painting something he has seen during the family’s adventures. The Hunter’s neighbor, Ms Joyce, is a wealthy woman who lives across from the Hunter family.
The Hunters are descended from the late Wallace Hunter, a
Tuskegee Weatherman who spent his twilight years designing various weather-related gadgets, including the Vansformer, the super-advanced flying van that they use as a mobile weather station. The Hunter family says their catchphrase, "Whatever the Weather, We're in It Together", in every episode.
Each episode aims to teach viewers a lesson about the weather through reality-based scientific explanations of various weather phenomena.
Cast
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Al Roker as Al Hunter
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Holly Robinson Peete as Dot Hunter
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Tandi Fomukong as Lily Hunter
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Lorenzo Ross as Benny Hunter
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Kapri Ladd as Corky Hunter
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Frank Welker as Cumulus
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Sheryl Lee Ralph as Ms. Joyce
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LeVar Burton as Wallace Hunter and his gadgets
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Rodney Saulsberry as Aloysius Herbert Bingham
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Gogo Lomo-David as Gyang
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Simisola Gbadamosi as Binta
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Debra Wilson as Maureen Hughes
Production
On January 16, 2023, at the Television Critics Association Press Tour,
PBS Kids announced that it would begin production on
Weather Hunters. The show is produced by
Al Roker and
Dete Meserve and follows a weather detective who tries to share with everyday lessons, the weather, and her family.
Yvette Nicole Brown helms the main title, while the music for the series was composed by Jim Lang.
Broadcast
The series premiered on
PBS Kids on September 8, 2025. It was initially scheduled to premiere on July 7, 2025.
Episodes
In other media
Games
These games were released on the PBS Kids website, as well as the PBS Kids Games App.
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Weather Reporter
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Weather Explorer
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TBA
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TBA
Sponsors
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Ikea
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Kohl's (since October 2025)
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting (original production funding, 2025-26)
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies (original production funding, later episodes)
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Anne Ray Foundation (original production funding)
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Public Television Viewers
