Met Office

United Kingdom's national weather service
Organization meteorological_service Q1851405
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Met Office

Summary

Met Office is a meteorological service[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Met Office was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[3].
  • Met Office was a member of World Meteorological Organization[4].
  • Met Office was a member of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts[5].
  • Met Office was a member of EUMETSAT[6].
  • Met Office was a member of EUMETNET[7].
  • Met Office is in the country of United Kingdom[8].
  • Met Office's instance of is recorded as meteorological service[9].
  • Met Office's instance of is recorded as governmental meteorological service[10].
  • Met Office's instance of is recorded as government agency[11].
  • Met Office's headquarters location is recorded as Exeter[12].
  • Met Office's chief executive officer is recorded as Penelope Endersby[13].
  • Met Office's child organization or unit is recorded as Met Office Hadley Centre[14].
  • Met Office's Commons category is recorded as UK Met Office[15].
  • August 1, 1854 marks the founding of Met Office[16].
  • Met Office's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.727222222222224, 'lon': -3.475}[17].
  • Met Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Science, Innovation and Technology[18].
  • Met Office's official website is recorded as https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/[19].
  • Met Office's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Met Office[20].
  • Met Office's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1879'}[21].
  • Met Office's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1989'}[22].
  • Met Office's partnership with is recorded as Royal Meteorological Society[23].
  • Met Office's exact match is recorded as https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-01ch2yn61[24].
  • Met Office's IPv4 routing prefix is recorded as 151.170.0.0/16[25].
  • Met Office's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+824843'}[26].
  • Met Office's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+810971'}[27].

Body

Founding

August 1, 1854 marks the founding of Met Office[16].

Leadership

Met Office's chief executive officer is recorded as Penelope Endersby[13].

Operations

Met Office's headquarters location is recorded as Exeter[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Science, Innovation and Technology[18]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Met Office Hadley Centre[14].

Why It Matters

Met Office has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . metoffice.gov.uk. metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . metoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved . metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . metoffice.gov.uk. metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . metoffice.gov.uk. metoffice.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of World Wide Web Consortium, World Meteorological Organization, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts +2
    The independent topic id met-office
    Parent organization or unit Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
    Country
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13634]]: topic/met-office, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/203106594|Met Office (#203106594)]] for {{P|13634}}"
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