ELI5, How does the weather app knows everything about the weather

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Hello! I’ve been wondering for quite a while now, how does the weather app seems to know the wind speed, temperature and all the other things about basicly any given location, and seemingly pretty accurately. I understand that big cities might have certain sensors, and whatnot, but what about small villages, or places in the middle of nowhere? How does it know all that?

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There are hundreds and thousands of weather stations reporting back. Even in rural places where there may only be a few, it’s enough to get a picture when combined with other stations. At the least, any airfield is going to have a weather station.

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