weather station

noun

: a station for taking, recording, and reporting meteorological observations

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A lot of the weather information Americans rely on starts with real-time data collected by NOAA satellites, airplanes, weather balloons, radar and maritime buoys, as well as weather stations around the world. Christine Wiedinmyer, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025 Just after the war, as part of Operation Nanook, the Americans expanded the existing installation with a gravel landing strip as part of an upgrade to a new and larger weather station. Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025 Meanwhile, temperatures at the National Weather Service’s Central Park weather station have not gone above freezing all week, and are expected to remain below 32 degrees until Sunday. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025 Cities such as Philadelphia; Newark, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and Norfolk, Virginia, recorded no rain at all in October, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center, which collects precipitation data from more than 1,400 weather stations across the country. Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for weather station 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weather station was circa 1895

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“Weather station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20station. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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weather station

noun
: a station for taking, recording, and reporting observations of the weather

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