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Detailed explanation-1: -National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres. National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Nepal’s Department of Water and Meteorology, this meteorological station has been established at 8,830 metres just below the summit point of the mountain range (maximum height 8848.86 m). The centre was facing difficulty in setting up the summit point due to the snow.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s highest weather station has been reinstalled near the top of Mount Everest after it was destroyed by high winds in 2020, just seven months after it was first erected.

Detailed explanation-4: -Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2022) Today, the National Geographic Society announced the placement of a weather station just below the summit of the Nevado Ausangate at 6,349m/ 20,830ft - now the highest weather station in the tropical Andes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Everest, which soars more than 29,000 feet into the sky above the China-Nepal border, is home to some of the most brutal weather conditions known on Earth. Winds howl at well over a hundred miles an hour, and temperatures can drop to minus 40.