Joseph G. Galway (December 3, 1922 – June 29, 1998), was an American meteorologist pioneering in the fields of severe convective storm forecasting and research.

After discharge from the air force in 1946, Galway returned to Boston College and completed his bachelor degree in economics in 1947 before enrolling at Babson Institute of Business Administration in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

[2] Galway went back to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology afterward to take a refresher courses in meteorology in 1949 while applying for work as a Weather Bureau forecaster.

In 1950, he worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution but by December 1950, he was offered a job at Jacksonville, Florida by the Bureau and reported there on February 1, 1951.

[2] The Severe Local Storms Unit forecasters worked on shift to issue bulletins and warnings but were also encouraged to spend time on research projects during low convection seasons.