Surface weather observation

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Surface weather observation

Quality:

Surface weather observation - fundamental data used for weather forecasts. Article “Surface weather observation” in English Wikipedia has 56.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 42 references and 10 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Surface weather observation”, its content was written by 36 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 171 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 73 times in English Wikipedia and cited 518 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #118137 in September 2009
  • Global: #89694 in May 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #288974 in January 2008
  • Global: #256319 in July 2019

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Surface weather observation
56.4188
2Chinese (zh)
地表天气观测
47.6879
3Basque (eu)
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
38.0606
4Arabic (ar)
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
34.3919
5German (de)
Wetterbeobachtung
24.8289
6French (fr)
Observation météorologique de surface
19.2736
7Japanese (ja)
気象観測
19.1627
8Korean (ko)
기상 관측
9.1271
9Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Vêrmelding
5.2883
10Norwegian (no)
Værmelding
0.1203
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Surface weather observation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Wetterbeobachtung
241 222
2English (en)
Surface weather observation
174 519
3Japanese (ja)
気象観測
123 521
4Korean (ko)
기상 관측
15 623
5Arabic (ar)
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
14 245
6Norwegian (no)
Værmelding
11 910
7Chinese (zh)
地表天气观测
3 797
8Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Vêrmelding
2 586
9French (fr)
Observation météorologique de surface
403
10Basque (eu)
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
131
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Surface weather observation" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Surface weather observation
860
2German (de)
Wetterbeobachtung
356
3Japanese (ja)
気象観測
320
4Chinese (zh)
地表天气观测
71
5Korean (ko)
기상 관측
39
6Arabic (ar)
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
26
7Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Vêrmelding
14
8French (fr)
Observation météorologique de surface
13
9Basque (eu)
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
10
10Norwegian (no)
Værmelding
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Surface weather observation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Wetterbeobachtung
62
2English (en)
Surface weather observation
36
3Japanese (ja)
気象観測
25
4Norwegian (no)
Værmelding
18
5Arabic (ar)
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
12
6Chinese (zh)
地表天气观测
9
7Korean (ko)
기상 관측
4
8Basque (eu)
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
2
9Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Vêrmelding
2
10French (fr)
Observation météorologique de surface
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Surface weather observation" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
気象観測
2
2Arabic (ar)
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
0
3German (de)
Wetterbeobachtung
0
4English (en)
Surface weather observation
0
5Basque (eu)
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
0
6French (fr)
Observation météorologique de surface
0
7Korean (ko)
기상 관측
0
8Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Vêrmelding
0
9Norwegian (no)
Værmelding
0
10Chinese (zh)
地表天气观测
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Surface weather observation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
気象観測
205
2German (de)
Wetterbeobachtung
150
3English (en)
Surface weather observation
73
4Norwegian (no)
Værmelding
30
5Korean (ko)
기상 관측
22
6French (fr)
Observation météorologique de surface
20
7Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Vêrmelding
5
8Chinese (zh)
地表天气观测
5
9Arabic (ar)
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
4
10Basque (eu)
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أرصاد الطقس السطحي
deGerman
Wetterbeobachtung
enEnglish
Surface weather observation
euBasque
Lurrazaleko eguraldi behaketa
frFrench
Observation météorologique de surface
jaJapanese
気象観測
koKorean
기상 관측
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Vêrmelding
noNorwegian
Værmelding
zhChinese
地表天气观测

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#288974
01.2008
Global:
#256319
07.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#118137
09.2009
Global:
#89694
05.2022

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Surface weather observation from Wikipedia articles about Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System, METAR, Weather station, VORTEX projects and Weather forecasting. Whereas reading the article about Surface weather observation people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System, Societas Meteorologica Palatina, Cloud, Deutscher Wetterdienst and Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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