weather station

noun

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of weather station

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

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Recent Examples of weather station from the Web

The deal will deploy Understory's solar-powered weather stations to fields in Argentina's corn-growing regions, Córdoba and Buenos Aires.

— sarah hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Monsanto taps ag data sensors created by Madison-based Understory," 29 Mar. 2018
The company will greatly expand its own network of weather stations to monitor conditions, adding hundreds more this year.

— david r. baker, San Francisco Chronicle, "PG&E's wildfire plan: round-the-clock prediction and response center in S.F.," 22 Mar. 2018
The same is true for weather stations at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports and in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington.

— brian k sullivan, Bloomberg.com, "In New York, March Has Been Colder Than February," 23 Mar. 2018
As the Associated Press reported, Arctic weather stations averaged 8.8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.

— brian resnick, Vox, "5 reasons the Arctic’s extremely warm winter should alarm you," 16 Mar. 2018
The datasets use slightly different methods, including different approaches to handling the polar regions, where weather stations are sparse.

— scott k. johnson, Ars Technica, "Planet finally stops setting warmest year records; 2017 merely finishes Top 3," 18 Jan. 2018
One example is her work on automated weather stations throughout the state.

— author: ned rozell, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska resembles outer space, according to astronaut recruit from UAF," 29 Sep. 2016
Scientists around the world became alarmed Feb. 25 when an Arctic weather station recorded above-freezing temperatures for about 24 hours — a time of year when almost no sun is reaching the ground.

— frank kummer, Philly.com, "How Arctic warming may be causing our harsh winter," 13 Mar. 2018
However, Midway also recorded 80 degrees on Oct. 20 (but O'Hare, which is Chicago's official weather station, was only 78 degrees then).

— tom skilling, chicagotribune.com, "Ask Tom: When was the last 80-degree day in Chicago?," 9 Mar. 2018

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