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Weather balloon

Quality:

Weather balloon - meteorological instrumentation. Article “Weather balloon” in English Wikipedia has 74.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 62 references and 14 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 “Weather balloon”, its content was written by 202 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 677 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 318 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1737 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7422 in January 2003
  • Global: #11417 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #19668 in February 2023
  • Global: #17297 in February 2023

There are 31 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, 2026 (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)
Weather balloon
74.2667
2Turkish (tr)
Meteoroloji balonu
48.021
3Korean (ko)
기상 관측 기구
47.5132
4Chinese (zh)
气象气球
37.1496
5Dutch (nl)
Weerballon
35.7629
6Malay (ms)
Belon kaji cuaca
30.4067
7French (fr)
Ballon-sonde
28.5949
8Catalan (ca)
Globus meteorològic
27.6503
9Hebrew (he)
בלון לחיזוי מזג אוויר
26.0649
10Arabic (ar)
منطاد سبر
25.4334
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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 "Weather balloon" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Weather balloon
1 672 177
2French (fr)
Ballon-sonde
353 585
3Russian (ru)
Метеозонд
348 877
4German (de)
Wetterballon
289 329
5Spanish (es)
Globo meteorológico
240 267
6Polish (pl)
Balon meteorologiczny
137 102
7Italian (it)
Pallone sonda
136 157
8Portuguese (pt)
Balão meteorológico
121 059
9Dutch (nl)
Weerballon
65 172
10Chinese (zh)
气象气球
50 348
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Weather balloon" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Weather balloon
3 765
2Russian (ru)
Метеозонд
921
3French (fr)
Ballon-sonde
659
4Italian (it)
Pallone sonda
583
5German (de)
Wetterballon
538
6Spanish (es)
Globo meteorológico
464
7Chinese (zh)
气象气球
293
8Portuguese (pt)
Balão meteorológico
217
9Polish (pl)
Balon meteorologiczny
207
10Persian (fa)
بالون هواشناسی
177
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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 "Weather balloon" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Weather balloon
202
2French (fr)
Ballon-sonde
97
3German (de)
Wetterballon
86
4Dutch (nl)
Weerballon
43
5Italian (it)
Pallone sonda
33
6Russian (ru)
Метеозонд
31
7Finnish (fi)
Sääpallo
19
8Polish (pl)
Balon meteorologiczny
16
9Spanish (es)
Globo meteorológico
15
10Chinese (zh)
气象气球
15
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Weather balloon" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Polish (pl)
Balon meteorologiczny
1
2Arabic (ar)
منطاد سبر
0
3Belarusian (be)
Метэазонд
0
4Catalan (ca)
Globus meteorològic
0
5Danish (da)
Vejrballon
0
6German (de)
Wetterballon
0
7English (en)
Weather balloon
0
8Spanish (es)
Globo meteorológico
0
9Basque (eu)
Zunda-globo
0
10Persian (fa)
بالون هواشناسی
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 "Weather balloon" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Weather balloon
318
2French (fr)
Ballon-sonde
272
3Ukrainian (uk)
Метеозонд
252
4Russian (ru)
Метеозонд
118
5Italian (it)
Pallone sonda
108
6German (de)
Wetterballon
96
7Basque (eu)
Zunda-globo
65
8Chinese (zh)
气象气球
65
9Spanish (es)
Globo meteorológico
53
10Persian (fa)
بالون هواشناسی
43
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
منطاد سبر
beBelarusian
Метэазонд
caCatalan
Globus meteorològic
daDanish
Vejrballon
deGerman
Wetterballon
enEnglish
Weather balloon
esSpanish
Globo meteorológico
euBasque
Zunda-globo
faPersian
بالون هواشناسی
fiFinnish
Sääpallo
frFrench
Ballon-sonde
heHebrew
בלון לחיזוי מזג אוויר
idIndonesian
Balon cuaca
itItalian
Pallone sonda
jaJapanese
ゴム気球
kaGeorgian
მეტეოზონდი
kkKazakh
Зонд шар
koKorean
기상 관측 기구
msMalay
Belon kaji cuaca
nlDutch
Weerballon
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Vêrballong
noNorwegian
Værballong
plPolish
Balon meteorologiczny
ptPortuguese
Balão meteorológico
ruRussian
Метеозонд
simpleSimple English
Weather balloon
svSwedish
Väderballong
trTurkish
Meteoroloji balonu
ukUkrainian
Метеозонд
viVietnamese
Bóng thám không
zhChinese
气象气球

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#19668
02.2023
Global:
#17297
02.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7422
01.2003
Global:
#11417
01.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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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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