weather station

2 definitions found

weather station - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weather station \Weather station\ (Meteor.)
     A station for taking meteorological observations, making
     weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such
     stations are of the first order when they make observations
     of all the important elements either hourly or by
     self-registering instruments; of the second order when only
     important observations are taken; of the third order when
     simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and
     minimum temperatures.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

weather station - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  weather station
      n 1: one of a network of observation posts where meteorological
           data is recorded [syn: meteorological observation post,
           weather station]