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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An unpaid [[observer]] who maintains a [[meteorological station]] for the U.S.  National Weather Service.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Formerly termed a [[voluntary observer]] in the United States; the latter name is still used in  the United Kingdom. The usual instruments furnished to such an [[observer]] are [[maximum]] and  [[minimum thermometers]] and a nonrecording [[precipitation gauge]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An unpaid [[observer]] who maintains a [[meteorological station]] for the U.S.  National Weather Service.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Formerly termed a [[voluntary observer]] in the United States; the latter name is still used in  the United Kingdom. The usual instruments furnished to such an [[observer]] are [[maximum thermometer|maximum]] and  [[minimum thermometers]] and a nonrecording [[precipitation gauge]].</div><br/> </div>
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cooperative observer

An unpaid observer who maintains a meteorological station for the U.S. National Weather Service.

Formerly termed a voluntary observer in the United States; the latter name is still used in the United Kingdom. The usual instruments furnished to such an observer are maximum and minimum thermometers and a nonrecording precipitation gauge.


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