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Winter Returns Across the Northern Tier; Record Warmth for the Southwest

A large high pressure system will usher in cold air for this first day of March across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Some wintry precipitation may evolve across the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic through Monday. Meanwhile, record warmth will spread across the Southwest, southern Plains through early this week. Read More >

WEST PALM BEACH OBSERVATION HISTORY

The two maps below provide chronological positions of the observation site for the period of record (including Jupiter, the Hypoluxo cooperative observation site, and the West Palm Beach sites, 1888 through the present).

MAP 1
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1 -  Jupiter Light House, site of Signal Service office 1888-1890, and Weather Bureau Office 1890-1911
2 -  Hypoluxo cooperative observation site, 1892-1959
3 -  West Palm Beach sites 1-5 (see Map 2)

MAP 2
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1 -  Palm Beach Post building cooperative station, 1929-1960
2 -  Morrison Field CAA 1938-1945, WBAS/WBO 1945-1948
3 -  Morrison Field WBAS/WBO 1948, Palm Beach International Airport WBAS/WBO 1948-1953
2 -  Palm Beach International Airport, new terminal building, WBO 1953-1971, WSO 1971-1977
4 -  New WSO Building, 1977-1993
5 -  ASOS location, commissioned April 1, 1993 - present