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Over the next 50 years many countries established national meteorological services.

The India Meteorological Department ( 1875 ) was established following tropical cyclone and monsoon related famines in the previous decades.

The Finnish Meteorological Central Office ( 1881 ) was formed from part of Magnetic Observatory of Helsinki University.

Japan's Tokyo Meteorological Observatory, the forerunner of the Japan Meteorological Agency, began constructing surface weather maps in 1883.

The United States Weather Bureau ( 1890 ) was established under the United States Department of Agriculture.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology ( 1906 ) was established by a Meteorology Act to unify existing state meteorological services.