weather station

noun

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

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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 Cities like Philadelphia; Newark, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and Norfolk, Virginia, recorded no rain that month, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center, which collects precipitation data from more than 1,400 weather stations across the country. Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024 Shop sales on weather stations, first aid kits, air purifiers, portable chargers and a water filter straw. Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 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 Dec. 2024.

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weather station

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

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