World Meteorological Day 2025 Observed on 23 March 2025.
Important Days
The United Nations (UN) observes World Meteorological Day (WMD) annually on March 23 to highlight the importance of understanding weather and climate patterns in addressing global challenges like climate change and extreme weather.
- WMD marks the anniversary of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which came into force on March 23, 1950.
- The theme for World Meteorological Day 2025 is "Closing the Early Warning Gap Together."
- The WMO, during its 12th Executive Committee session (EC-XII) held from June 27 to July 15, 1960, adopted Resolution 6 (EC-XII) to proclaim March 23 as World Meteorological Day each year.
Main Point :- (i) The first-ever WMD was observed on March 23, 1961.
(ii) The official WMD ceremony was held on March 24, 2025, at the WMO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
(iii) The India Meteorological Department (IMD), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), celebrated WMD 2025 on March 22, 2025, at Mahika Hall, Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi, India.
About the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Secretary-General: Celeste Saulo
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
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