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set of sensors that record and provide physical measurements and meteorological parameters
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weather station

Summary

weather station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • weather station is a type of monitoring station[2].
  • weather station is used for surface weather observation[3].
  • weather station's Commons category is recorded as Weather stations[4].
  • weather station comprises meteorological instrument[5].
  • weather station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meteorological stations[6].
  • weather station's facet of is recorded as meteorology[7].
  • weather station's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • weather station's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • weather station's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[10].
  • weather station's different from is recorded as weather house[11].
  • weather station's different from is recorded as air monitoring station[12].
  • weather station's different from is recorded as Hydrological station[13].

Body

Definition and Type

weather station is a type of monitoring station[2].

Use and Application

weather station is used for surface weather observation[3]. It comprises meteorological instrument[5].

Why It Matters

weather station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → meteorology
    Bbc things id → ecd39ebf-20ae-4ddf-abe5-4fa89e28483e
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → weather house, air monitoring station, Hydrological station
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529316405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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