The world meteorological day is a day, the world meteorological organization on March 23, time of the year. Of "the world meteorological day" every year to determine a theme, requires each member celebrations on this day, and the extensive publicity of the important role of meteorological work.
Former World Meteorological Organization that unofficial international Meteorological agency cooperation, in its member countries on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization treaty signed a year, from the date of March 23, 1951, was reorganized as the World Meteorological Organization (World Meteorological Organization, WMO), become the international climate cooperation between government agencies, and establish the relations with the United Nations.
In 1960, the world meteorological organization executive committee decided to take a year on March 23, as world day, requires each member celebrations on this day each year, and the extensive publicity of the important role of meteorological work.
World meteorological day every year have a central content, each member in this day according to the center of the content, carry out various forms of propaganda and commemorative activities, organize the masses to visit our meteorological offices and stations, to hold a government leaders to attend the celebration of the masses, organize meteorological instrument and equipment, pictures, charts, and data display, held a press conference, by the newspapers, radio stations and television stations reported feature articles and speeches, meteorological science films, commemorative stamps and so on
“世界氣象日”是世界氣象組織成立的紀念日，時間在每年的3月23日。每年的“世界氣象日”都確定一個主題，要求各成員國在這一天舉行慶祝活動，并廣泛宣傳氣象工作的重要作用。
國際氣象組織原為非官方性國際氣象合作機構(gòu)，在其各成員國代表簽訂的世界氣象組織公約生效一周年之日，即1951年3月23日，就改組為世界氣象組織(World Meteorological Organization,WMO)，成為政府間的國際氣象合作機構(gòu)，并與聯(lián)合國建立關(guān)系。
1960年世界氣象組織執(zhí)行委員會決定把每年3月23日定為世界性紀念日，要求各成員國每年在這一天舉行慶?；顒樱V泛宣傳氣象工作的重要作用。
每年世界氣象日都有一個中心活動內(nèi)容，各成員國在這一天可根據(jù)當年的中心內(nèi)容，開展多種形式的宣傳和紀念活動，如組織群眾到氣象臺站參觀訪問，舉行有政府領(lǐng)導人參加的群眾慶祝儀式，舉辦氣象儀表裝備、照片、圖表和資料的展覽，舉行記者招待會，由報刊、廣播電臺、電視臺報道特寫文章和講話，放映氣象科學電影，發(fā)行紀念郵票等
