IMO Prize Winners: 1956–Present
The International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize has been awarded annually by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) since 1956. This list recognizes all laureates with outstanding contributions to the field of meteorology, climatology, hydrology, and related sciences. The prize honours individuals whose work has significantly advanced the understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere, weather, climate, or water, and has had a lasting global impact.
| Year | Laureate |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Prof Timothy Palmer (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 2022 | Dr Sue Barrell (Australia) |
| 2021 | Prof In-Sik Kang (Republic of Korea) |
| 2020 | Mr David Grimes (Canada) |
| 2019 | Prof Sergej Zilitinkevich (Russian Federation) |
| 2018 | Dr Antonio Divino Moura (Brazil) |
| 2017 | Prof Gordon McBean (Canada) |
| 2016 | Prof Qing-Cun Zeng (People's Republic of China) |
| 2015 | Prof Dame Julia Slingo DBE (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 2014 | Dr Alexander Bedritsky (Russian Federation) |
| 2013 | Dr Tillmann Mohr (Germany) |
| 2012 | Dr Zaviša Janjić (Serbia/United States of America) |
| 2011 | Professor Aksel Wiin-Nielsen (Denmark) |
| 2010 | Professor Taroh Matsuno (Japan) |
| 2009 | Professor Eugenia Kalnay (Argentina/United States of America) |
| 2008 | Mr Qin Dahe (China) |
| 2007 | Professor Jagadish Shukla (India/United States of America) |
| 2006 | Professor Lennart Bengtsson (Sweden) |
| 2005 | Dr John W. Zillman (Australia) - President of WMO, 1995-2003 |
| 2004 | Dr Bennet Machenhauer (Denmark) |
| 2003 | Dr Ye Duzheng (People's Republic of China) |
| 2002 | Dr Joanne Simpson (United States of America) |
| 2001 | Professor M. H. Ganji (Iran, Islamic Republic of) |
| 2000 | Professor Emeritus Edward Norton Lorenz (United States of America) |
| 1999 | Professor James C. I. Dooge (Ireland) |
| 1998 | Sir John Houghton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 1997 | Professor Mariano A. Estoque (Philippines) |
| 1996 | Professor Tiruvalum N. Krishnamurti (United States of America) |
| 1995 | Dr Roman L. Kintanar (Philippines) |
| 1994 | Dr J.P. Bruce (Canada) |
| 1993 | Professor W. E. Suomi (United States of America) |
| 1992 | Professor Yuri Antonievich Izrael (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1991 | Professor Ragnar Fjørtoft (Norway) |
| 1990 | Dr Richard E. Hallgren (United States of America) |
| 1989 | Professor Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty (India) |
| 1988 | Professor F. Kenneth Hare (Canada) |
| 1987 | Professor M. I. Budyko (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1986 | Professor Hermann Flohn (Germany) |
| 1985 | Sir Arthur Davies (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 1984 | Dr T. F. Malone (United States of America) |
| 1983 | Mr M. F. Taha (Egypt) |
| 1982 | Dr William James Gibbs (Australia) |
| 1981 | Professor Bert Bolin (Sweden) |
| 1980 | Dr Robert M. White (United States of America) |
| 1979 | Professor Helmut Erich Landsberg (United States of America) |
| 1978 | Dr Alf E. G. E. Nyberg (Sweden) |
| 1977 | Dr G. P. Cressman (United States of America) |
| 1976 | Academician E. K. Fedorov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1975 | Dr Warren L. Godson (Canada) |
| 1974 | Professor Joseph Smagorinsky (United States of America) |
| 1973 | Dr Charles Henry Brian Priestley (Australia) |
| 1972 | Academician Victor Antonovich Bugaev (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1971 | Professor Jule Gregory Charney (United States of America) |
| 1970 | Dr Richard Th. A. Scherhag (Germany) |
| 1969 | Professor Erik Herbert Palmén (Finland) |
| 1968 | Sir Graham Sutton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 1967 | Professor Kirill Y. Kondratyev (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1966 | Professor Tor Bergeron (Sweden) |
| 1965 | Professor Sverre Petterssen (Norway/ United States of America) |
| 1964 | Dr Francis W. Reichelderfer (United States of America) - President of WMO, 1951-1955 |
| 1963 | Dr Reginald Cockcroft Sutcliffe (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 1962 | Dr Anders Ångström (Sweden) |
| 1961 | Professor Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan (India) |
| 1960 | Professor Jacques Van Mieghem (Belgium) |
| 1959 | Professor Jacob Bjerknes (Norway/ United States of America) |
| 1958 | Mr Ernest Gold (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| 1957 | Professor Carl Gustav Rossby (Sweden/United States of America) |
| 1956 | Dr Th. Hesselberg (Norway) |