: a station for taking, recording, and reporting meteorological observations
Examples of weather station in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebStanford University was the first to get weather stations up and running in Antarctica, but the institution wanted to move on to other projects.—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024 The weather service has set up a cooperative observer weather station with the Eastside Community Network and Wayne State University on Detroit's east side to take daily rain, snow, and temperature observations, providing more data to enhance weather predictions.—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024 Scientists weren’t always so lucky as to have satellites and weather stations and sophisticated oceanographic instruments.—Matt Simon, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024 There's no weather station at the site of the avalanche but several are nearby.—CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024 Enlisted men typically operated the regular Signal Service weather stations, but other supplementary stations were operated by civilian volunteers, including a number of women.—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024 Meanwhile, strong onshore winds created gusts that reached 74 mph at an elevated weather station near Miami and 63 mph at Dania Pier near Fort Lauderdale.—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023 This modeling research is also limited by a relatively short history of observational data from satellites, field science or weather stations that could help guide the model to a more accurate result.—Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023 With the code book and other resources, Chan determined the messages were from Army Signal Service weather stations in the U.S. and Canada, per NOAA.—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
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