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  "markdown": "Executive Vice President, Xweather Business Area.\n\n## What Samuli builds\n\n- [Xweather Weather API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/xweather.md), graded B, 67.2/100, in Weather \u0026 climate data. Xweather Weather API from Vaisala returns current conditions, forecasts to 15 days, history from 2004, official alerts, lightning, hail, air quality, maritime and road weather. Agents reach it as a REST API or a hosted MCP server. Executive Vice President, Xweather Business Area, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Brandon Clark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-clark/), Product Manager, API and Maps\n- [Kai Öistämö](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kai-oistamo/), President and CEO, Vaisala\n- [Vilho Väisälä](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vilho-vaisala/), Founder, Vaisala\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Samuli Hänninen?\n\nSamuli Hänninen is executive Vice President at Xweather Business Area.\n\n### What does Vaisala Oyj make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Xweather Weather API from Vaisala Oyj. Xweather Weather API from Vaisala returns current conditions, forecasts to 15 days, history from 2004, official alerts, lightning, hail, air quality, maritime and road weather. Agents reach it as a REST API or a hosted MCP server.\n\n### How are Samuli's tools graded?\n\nXweather Weather API is graded B, 67.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkclark/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkclark\n- https://www.xweather.com\n- https://x.com/vaisalaxweather\n- https://www.xweather.com/support\n- https://www.xweather.com/contact\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaisala\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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