Meteorologische Beobachtungsstationen#

Meteorological Observation Stations: The international meteorological observation system observes and measures meteorological quantities in accordance with standards laid down by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). In Austria there are approx. 125 synoptic stations which supply data every ten minutes via direct lines to regional data centres, thus ensuring constant monitoring of weather conditions. Another 130 meteorological stations use the postal system to provide the centres with detailed measurements and observations collected in the course of two weeks. Measurements cover air pressure, air and ground temperature, air humidity, precipitation, wind velocity and direction, hours of sunshine and, solar radiation intensity. Observations refer to cloud cover, cloud formations and altitude, visibility and other atmosperic phenomena such as thunderstorms and fog.

Radio sounding stations in Vienna, Graz, Linz and Innsbruck measure up to 4 times daily the vertical distribution of meteorological elements up to an altitude of approx. 35 km. In addition, there are some 600 precipitation gauges which record the distribution of precipitation, which varies greatly throughout Austria.

The oldest meteorological observations extant in Austria were made by an anonymous observer in Vienna in the years 1500-31. Data from instrumental observations collected by Jesuits in Innsbruck date back to 1654. The earliest continuous series of observations and measured data that can be evaluated scientifically were started at (see) Kremsmuenster in 1763.