weather station

American  

noun

1. an installation equipped and used for meteorological observation.

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weather station British  

noun

1. one of a network of meteorological observation posts where weather data is recorded

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Etymology

Origin of weather station

First recorded in 1905–10

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Example Sentences

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weather station

Lebec’s thrilled schoolkids pouring out of their classrooms just to see Lindbergh come out of the weather station, and wouldn’t go back until Lindy himself told them to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

That heat threshold must be met for at least three consecutive days at the same weather station, according the Met Office.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Temperature readings at a Paris airport earned a mystery trader $21,000—and sparked a probe into alleged tampering with a weather station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

"Once we understood this, the blips in dimming stopped being weird little mysteries and became a space weather station," Bouma exclaimed.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Oh no, you’re not. You’ve got a weather station right there,” she says, pointing at the window.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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