meteogram

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Etymology[edit]

From earlier meteorogram; first attested 1887 but uncommon until 1980s.

Noun[edit]

meteogram (plural meteograms)

  1. A chart showing one or more numeric weather variables, such as temperature, precipitation, or wind speed, measured along a horizontal axis, nearly always time.
    • 1887, Ralph Abercromby, A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day, page 156:
      We will defer our remarks till we have considered the wind-traces of our meteogram.

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