What country started the first National Weather Service.......?

Question

What country started the first National Weather Service roughly 15 years before the US established its first weather bureau?

Answer 1

England started around 1854.

1854: The Met Office is founded to provide information on the weather and marine currents to the marine community. This small department of the Board of Trade is headed by Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, RN.

1861: The first international meteorological congress in Vienna founded an International Meteorological Organization to further essential international co-operation. This eventually transformed into the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations.