weather station

noun

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

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Here's what to know Wednesday’s snowfall, according to NWS observers and weather stations. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025 But since then, the last 50 years have seen an increasing proportion of daily record highs to record lows, as reflected in data from about 1,800 weather stations, according to the American Meteorological Society. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 Then, more than a decade later, Bill Westphal built a weather station at his Altadena home and equipped it with cameras to capture the sky above the San Gabriel Mountains. Cheri Mossburg, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025 As meteorologists had predicted, the North Bay and Santa Cruz Mountains got the highest rainfall totals by far, and several higher-elevation weather stations recorded wind gusts over 60 mph. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025 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 21 Dec. 2025.

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weather station

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

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