weather station

noun

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

Examples of weather station in a Sentence

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In fact, weather stations in the region shut down at night. Justin McBrien / Made By History, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024 Arrayed around it are a weather station, also elevated on pilings; a couple of very chilly outhouses; several tanks of jet fuel; and an emergency shelter that’s shaped like a watermelon and called the Tomato. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 That storm total was measured at a remote automatic weather station in the community of Busick, near Mount Mitchell State Park in eastern North Carolina. NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024 Each core, an ancient weather station that silently recorded dust storms, wildfires, heat waves, and cold snaps for a thousand centuries. Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 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 8 Nov. 2024.

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weather station

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

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