weather station
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of weather station
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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The landslide occurred after a period of record rainfall, with a nearby weather station receiving more than 10 inches of rain in the prior 24-hour period, said MetService, the country’s national weather forecaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Ian Currie from London was 12 years old when he was given a weather station for Christmas in 1962.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
When Pellicciotti's team first examined records from a weather station 5,000 meters up Mount Everest, they were astonished.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025
A weather station in Los Angeles recorded just 0.29 of an inch of rain from May 1 through Jan. 8, ranking the second driest since 1877, behind 1962-63, when there was 0.15 of an inch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
As it was, the men had difficulty just getting the weather station door open and needed all their strength to keep Pagliuca from becoming a kind of human kite.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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