!!!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.

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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.

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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.


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