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Weather Stations on Mount Everest

Weather Stations on Mount Everest

High-altitude weather data is vital to understanding some of the most extreme environments on Earth, and there's no better place to gather this data than on the tallest mountain in the world.

Grades

5 - 12+

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Earth Science, Geography, Physical Geography

















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Installed by a team led by climate scientists Tom Matthews and Baker Perry in 2019, the weather station on Mount Everest's Balcony is the highest weather station in the world—approximately 8,430 meters (27,657 feet) above sea level, just a few hundred meters below Everest's summit, the highest point on earth. Read more about how the team installed the Balcony Station on Mount Everest.

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Tyson Brown, National Geographic Society
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National Geographic Society
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Gina Borgia, National Geographic Society
Jeanna Sullivan, National Geographic Society
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Sarah Appleton, National Geographic Society, National Geographic Society
Margot Willis, National Geographic Society
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Last Updated

January 26, 2024

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