diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index dca4973d4..f67e19526 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ from .theplatform import (
 from .thescene import TheSceneIE
 from .thesixtyone import TheSixtyOneIE
 from .thestar import TheStarIE
+from .theweatherchannel import TheWeatherChannelIE
 from .thisamericanlife import ThisAmericanLifeIE
 from .thisav import ThisAVIE
 from .thisoldhouse import ThisOldHouseIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/theweatherchannel.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/theweatherchannel.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c34a49d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/theweatherchannel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .theplatform import ThePlatformIE
+from ..utils import (
+    determine_ext,
+    parse_duration,
+)
+
+
+class TheWeatherChannelIE(ThePlatformIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?weather\.com/(?:[^/]+/)*video/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://weather.com/series/great-outdoors/video/ice-climber-is-in-for-a-shock',
+        'md5': 'ab924ac9574e79689c24c6b95e957def',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'cc82397e-cc3f-4d11-9390-a785add090e8',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Ice Climber Is In For A Shock',
+            'description': 'md5:55606ce1378d4c72e6545e160c9d9695',
+            'uploader': 'TWC - Digital (No Distro)',
+            'uploader_id': '6ccd5455-16bb-46f2-9c57-ff858bb9f62c',
+        }
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        drupal_settings = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'jQuery\.extend\(Drupal\.settings\s*,\s*({.+?})\);',
+            webpage, 'drupal settings'), display_id)
+        video_id = drupal_settings['twc']['contexts']['node']['uuid']
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            'https://dsx.weather.com/cms/v4/asset-collection/en_US/' + video_id, video_id)
+        seo_meta = video_data.get('seometa', {})
+        title = video_data.get('title') or seo_meta['title']
+
+        urls = []
+        thumbnails = []
+        formats = []
+        for variant_id, variant_url in video_data.get('variants', []).items():
+            variant_url = variant_url.strip()
+            if not variant_url or variant_url in urls:
+                continue
+            urls.append(variant_url)
+            ext = determine_ext(variant_url)
+            if ext == 'jpg':
+                thumbnails.append({
+                    'url': variant_url,
+                    'id': variant_id,
+                })
+            elif ThePlatformIE.suitable(variant_url):
+                tp_formats, _ = self._extract_theplatform_smil(variant_url, video_id)
+                formats.extend(tp_formats)
+            elif ext == 'm3u8':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    variant_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id=variant_id, fatal=False))
+            elif ext == 'f4m':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                    variant_url, video_id, f4m_id=variant_id, fatal=False))
+            else:
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': variant_url,
+                    'format_id': variant_id,
+                })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': video_data.get('description') or seo_meta.get('description') or seo_meta.get('og:description'),
+            'duration': parse_duration(video_data.get('duration')),
+            'uploader': video_data.get('providername'),
+            'uploader_id': video_data.get('providerid'),
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }