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How many weather balloons are launched around the world every day to feed the forecasts on your phone?

1,800
balloons per day
Around 1,800 weather balloons go up every single day from about 900 sites worldwide — your forecast still runs on rubber balloons released twice a day, everywhere, forever.SOURCEUS National Weather Service / WMO
Scale check: 1,800 is roughly a village.
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