Meteorological Department

Brief History

The Jordanian Meteorological Department was established in the form of a weather forecast and monitoring office at Jerusalem Airport in 1951.  The number of meteorological stations was limited at that time and their tasks were limited to issuing weather bulletins and forecasts and occasional climatic information.  Operations of expansion then followed in terms of establishing stations and using modern equipment making the Meteorological Department what it is today.  The Department now functions in many everyday aspects of citizens’ life, where its role in longer limited to issuing a weather forecast, but also provides various services in the fields of aviation, agriculture, climate and constructions.

In 1967 and pursuant to Regulation number (19), the Meteorological Department became an independent department under the Ministry of Transportation.  The Meteorological Department joined the World Meteorological Organization in 1955 and has representation in all committees of that Organization.  The Meteorological Department is also a member of the Meteorological Sub-Committee of the Arab League’s Permanent Transportation Committee since 1955, and in 1972, this committee came to be known as the Permanent Arab Meteorological Committee.