weather map

noun

: a map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an extended region

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From June through August, California is forecast to experience above-average temperatures and lower-than-usual precipitation, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac Summer 2025 weather map. Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025 Lauder read the twists and turns of the market like a weather map. Pete Born, Footwear News, 15 June 2025 As most of the U.S. sweltered in mid-July 2022 − when temperatures in many major cities reached the high 90s and even triple digits − a national weather map showed San Francisco topping out at 65 degrees. Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 11 June 2025 In a windstorm, an airport operator can pull up a weather map that says the wind is gusting at 8 knots in the city. Renny Vandewege, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weather map

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weather map was in 1871

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“Weather map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20map. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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