weather station

noun

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

Examples of weather station in a Sentence

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The downed copter will continue on as a weather station, recording telemetry, taking images and storing them on board. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024 The data comes from a technique known as reanalysis, in which data from ships, buoys, surface weather stations, satellites and other sources are crunched and calculated in near-real-time. Andrew Freedman, Axios, 24 July 2024 Georgia had a dozen such locations, with the remote automatic weather station at Tallulah recording 14 inches. NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the city's official weather station, has recorded an astonishing 113 straight days of temperatures reaching the triple digits. Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 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 2 Jan. 2025.

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weather station

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

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