What does a weather station do?

Question

This is my homework on weather stations

Answer 1

A weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make observations of atmospheric conditions in order to provide information to make weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate.

Typical weather stations have the following instruments:

Thermometer for measuring temperature

Barometer for measuring barometric pressure/air pressure

Hygrometer for measuring humidity

Anemometer for measuring wind speed

Wind vane for measuring wind direction

Rain gauge for measuring precipitation

Except for those instruments requiring direct exposure to the elements (anemometer, rain gauge), the instruments should be sheltered in a vented box, usually a Stevenson screen, to keep direct sunlight off the thermometer and wind off the hygrometer. The instrumentation may be specialized to allow for periodic recording otherwise significant manual labour is required for record keeping. Automatic transmission of data, in a format such as METAR, is also desirable as many weather station's data is required for weather forecasting.