District Meteorological Observatory


The District Meteorological Observatory, abbreviated to DMO, is a type of JMA weather stations and a part of its local offices. There are five District Meteorological Observatories in Japan. They're responsible for regional observation of the atmosphere, earthquakes, volcanos and gathering up data on them in order to announcing information to the public that provides against various natural disasters. They also supervise Local Meteorological Observatory and other weather stations within each district area.

District Meteorological Observatories in Japan

In addition to the above weather observatories, Okinawa Meteorological Observatory is considered to be equivalent to them in a status owing to the wideness of its district area, which is covering largely in the ocean. This particular position is provided by Article XLVIII, Section 2 of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.