weather station

noun

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

Examples of weather station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first is observations, which include measurements of rainfall, near-surface temperature, wind speed and other weather variables collected from weather stations, radars, buoys and satellites. — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Late Friday night, a weather station in Surf City, New Jersey, reported a wind gust of 74 mph. — Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Picture show Nelly Buchet's new picture book, The Weather Keeper, was inspired by a woman who runs one of Iceland's 71 manned weather stations. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Farther south in Imperial County, a weather station along the western shore of the Salton Sea recorded a dew point of 81 degrees Thursday afternoon, according to Gabriel Lojero, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for weather station

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Kids Definition

weather station

noun

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