A weather beacon is a

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that indicates the local weather forecast in a

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of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or

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accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to

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s. The beacons are most commonly owned by

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companies and television stations and are part of advertising and

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programs. They provide a very basic forecast for the general public and not as an aid to navigation. In addition to displaying weather forecasts, some weather beacons have been used to signal victory or defeat for a professional sports home team.

History

Precursors

In 1898 on the orders of U.S. President

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, coastal warning display towers were installed along the coast of the United States. In 1936, the ''Weather Girl'' sculptures were installed in City Hall Square in

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. In 1938, Douglas Leigh designed a

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billboard with a weather forecast display at

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Weather beacons

The first attempt to create a weather beacon as a form of advertising was from Douglas Leigh, who, in 1941, arranged a lighting scheme for the

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to display a weather forecast code with a decoder to be packaged with Coca-Cola bottles. The plan was never implemented because of the

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later that year. Leigh resurrected his idea in

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in October 1949 with the Northwestern National Bank Weatherball. In Australia, the Mutual Life and Citizens insurance company installed weather beacons atop its buildings in 1957 and 1958. Weather beacons were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s.

Similar devices

* Coastal warning display tower * ''Harbinger'' at The Met Condos, Toronto, is a colored beacon on the roof that indicates the current

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. * Hibernia Bank Building (New Orleans) * Paris balloon *

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List of weather beacons

Australia

* New South Wales ** St. George Co-operative Building Society,

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(16 March 1973 − ????) ** MLC Building, 105 North Miller Street,

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(31 December 1957 − ????) ** Westpac Place, Sydney * Queensland **

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Building (MLC Building), 239 George Street,

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(1976 – 6pm, 26 November 2007) ** Old MLC Building, 243 Edward Street, Brisbane (28 July 1958 – ????; non-functioning) * South Australia ** MLC Building (now Beacon House),

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(June 1958 – December 1979) * Victoria ** Carlton & United Brewery, Abbotsford (May 1958 − ????) ** IOOF

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(formerly MLC), 303 Collins Street, Melbourne (1973 – ????; non-functioning) ** 888 Collins Street, Melbourne (2016 − present) * Western Australia ** MLC Building (now Kingsgate Apartments), 171 St Georges Terrace, Perth (October 1957 – ????; dismantled)

Austria

* Wetterleuchtturm, Ringturm, Vienna

Belgium

* '' Who's afraid of Red, Green and Blue: Weather Tower'', Dexia Tower, Brussels (22 October 2007 – 22 December 2007)

Canada

* Capilano Brewery, 1550 Burrard Street,

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(1953 − ????) * White Rose weather beacon, 570 Portage Avenue,

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(25 June 1964 − ????) * Kitchener City Hall,

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* Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ontario (9 August 1951 – present) * Canada Life, 505 Boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest,

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, Quebec (12 April 1956 – January 1976) * The Plains Hotel,

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(???? − 2011)

Denmark

* '' vejrpigen'' (''Weather Girl''), Richshuset, The City Hall Square, Copenhagen (1936 − present) * ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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, Havneholmen, Copenhagen (2009 − present)

Finland

* Näsinneula tower,

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Germany

* Wettersäule

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Japan

* Tempozan Ferris Wheel,

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* Tsūtenkaku, Osaka

Norway

* ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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Sweden

* ''Tomorrow's Weather'',

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Turkey

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United Kingdom

* Light Towers Project (Coventry Point, Mercia House, Hillman House),

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* Castlemilk Lighting Project,

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* Empire Square Tower,

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United States

* Arizona ** St. Luke's Medical Center, Phoenix (1960 − February 1969 on The Arizona Bank; March 1969 − ????; dismantled) * California ** Mattei Building (formerly Guarantee Savings),

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(1965 – 1994) ** ABC10 Weather Tower,

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(24 August 2001 – 2014; non-functioning) ** One Rincon Hill South Tower,

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(8 December 2008 – present) * Colorado ** National Farmers Union, 1575 Sherman Street,

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(1956 − 1970; dismantled) * Florida ** Mercantile National Bank, 420 Lincoln Road,

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(23 February 1957 − ????; dismantled) ** American Federal Savings and Loan Association weather ball, Fidelity Storage building, 53 W. Jackson St.,

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(1963 – 1974; dismantled) ** First Federal Savings & Loan, Fourth Street and Central Avenue, St. Petersburg (1953 – 6 April 1970; dismantled) * Illinois ** Weather Bell, Bell Federal Savings (now

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), 79 West Monroe Street,

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(???? − present) *** Bell Federal Savings branch office, 180 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago (???? − 1996; dismantled) **

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Thermometer,

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, Chicago (1964 – 1978; dismantled) ** WFRL weather beacon, State Bank Center, 50 West Douglas Street, Freeport (1974 − ????; dismantled) * Iowa **

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(1960 − 1973, 1988 − 2012; non-functioning) ** American Trust Tower,

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(1975 − present) **

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Weather Ball, Terra Centre, Sioux City (1995–present) ** KVTV/KCAU-TV Weather Ball, Badgerow Building, Sioux City (1961–1973) ** National Bank of Waterloo, 315 East Fifth Street, Waterloo (???? − ????; dismantled) * Kentucky ** WLWT Weather Lights, Cincinnati Radisson, Covington ** ''Tomorrow's Weather'', 21c Museum Hotel, Lexington (2016 − present) * Louisiana ** Falstaff Brewery Weather Ball, 2601 Gravier St,

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(1 August 1952 – 7 December 1978; 2008 – present) * Massachusetts ** Berkeley Building,

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(15 March 1950 – present) * Michigan ** Citizens Bank (currently Huntington Bank) Weatherball,

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(30 October 1956 – present) ** 13 Weatherball, WZZM-TV,

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(August 1967 – 1987 as Michigan National Bank; 2003 – present) * Minnesota ** KCCO Weatherball, 8th Ave E & Hawthorne St., Alexandria (???? − March 2006) **

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Weather Beacon, 331 W. Superior Street,

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** Northwestern National Bank Weatherball,

(7 October 1949 – 25 November 1982; dismantled) *** Nicollet Island/East Bank branch office, 430 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis (dismantled) *** Riverside branch office, 401 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis (dismantled) *** Uptown branch office, 3006

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, Minneapolis (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 111 E. 3rd Street, Hastings (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 206 E. Hickory Street, Mankato (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 109 N. 1st Street, Montevideo (dismantled) *** Rochester branch office, 15 2nd Street, SW, Rochester (dismantled) ***

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branch office, 360 Robert Street N, Saint Paul (dismantled) *** Sauk Rapids branch office, 24 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids (15 September 1961 − ????; dismantled) **

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Weather Watcher, Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis (29 November 2013 − present) * Missouri ** Business Men's Assurance Company (BMA) weather beacon, 215 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City (dismantled) ** KCTV Tower,

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(1970s − 2001) ** Terra Cotta Lofts (formerly occupied by the Missouri State Life Insurance Company and later the General American Life Insurance Company), 1501 Locust Street,

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(1956 – 1979; non-functioning) **State Bank of Wellston, Wellston (1954 − 16 May 2014; dismantled) * Montana ** Midland Bank (now US Bank Tower), 303 N. Broadway, Billings (dismantled) ** Union Bank (now Wells Fargo) Weatherball, 350 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena (1959 − ????; dismantled) * Nebraska **

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Weather Tower, N. 72nd Street,

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(non-functioning) * New Mexico ** KOBeacon, KOB, Sandia Crest,

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(???? − 26 December 1966; non-functioning) * New York **

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(formerly

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(non-functioning) ** AXA Towers (MONY) Weatherstar, Syracuse * North Dakota ** KFYR, Provident Life building, Bismarck (1954 − present) * Ohio ** 12 WKRC Weather Beacon, Chiquita Center,

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(1987 – 1990s?) **

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Weather Beacon,

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(???? − present) * Oklahoma ** Liberty National Bank and Trust, Ramsey Tower/City Place,

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(6 April 1958 − ????; dismantled) ** National Bank of Tulsa Weather Teller, 320 South Boston Building,

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(1 May 1967 −1973) * Oregon ** Standard Insurance Plaza, 1100 SW 6th Avenue, Portland (1964 − present) ** '' Weather Machine'', Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland (24 August 1988 − present) * Pennsylvania ** WJAC-TV Weather Beacon

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(1963 – present) ** Handy Flame, Equitable Gas, 420 Boulevard of the Allies,

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(12 March 1956 − 31 December 1972; dismantled) **

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Weather Beacon,

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, Pittsburgh (1955 – present)(Updated in 2012) **

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Weather Cone, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh (2000 – present) ** Berks County Courthouse, 633 Court Street,

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(???? − 1995) * South Dakota **

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weatherball, Sherman Hotel,

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(dismantled) ** KDLO-TV weatherball, Marvin Hughitt Hotel, 375 Dakota S., Huron (6 April 1960 − ????; dismantled) ** First National Bank, Pierre ** KELO weatherball, 100 North Phillips Avenue,

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(dismantled) ** National Bank of South Dakota (now

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), 141 N. Main Avenue, Sioux Falls (non-functioning) *** East Branch, East 10th & Omaha, Sioux Falls (dismantled) *** South Branch, 33rd & Minnesota, Sioux Falls (non-functioning) *** Sunset Branch, West 41st & Louise Avenue (dismantled) ** KDLO weatherball tower, 421 9th Av SE, Watertown (dismantled) ** KXLG Weatherball, 835 Jensen Avenue, Watertown (22 May 2014 − present) * Tennessee ** Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, Maclellan Building, 721 Broad Street,

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(12 January 1952 – ????; dismantled) ** Life & Casualty Tower,

Nashville Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

(non-functioning) * Texas ** WNL Weather Tower, Western National Life Insurance, 205 SE 10th Avenue, Amarillo (dismantled) ** Mercantile Weather Tower,

Mercantile National Bank Building The Mercantile National Bank Building (known colloquially as The Merc) is a 31-story, skyscraper at 1800 Main Street in the Main Street district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the former home of the Mercantile National Bank, which later bec ...

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

(1958–1993; 12 February 2008 – present) ** Blue Flame Building, 100 North Stanton Street,

El Paso El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

(26 March 1955 – ????; 27 July 2021 – present) ** Texas National Bank/

Conoco Conoco ( ), formerly known as Continental Oil, is an American Petroleum industry, petroleum brand that is operating under the current ownership of the Phillips 66 Company since 2012 and is headquartered in the Westchase, Houston, Westchase neigh ...

Weather Eye, Travis Tower, 1300 Main Street,

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

(17 October 1955 – 1964; removed September 1970) ** Alamo National Bank weather spire (now Drury Plaza Hotel), 105 S. St. Mary's Street,

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

(non-functioning) * Utah ** Ford's Finance & Insurance, 2627 Washington Boulevard, Ogden (???? − ????; dismantled) **

KSL-TV KSL-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is the flagship television property of locally based Bonneville International, the for-profit broadcasting arm of the Church of Jesus C ...

5 Eyewitness Weather Tower, Trolley Square,

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

(1999 − present) **

KTVX KTVX (channel 4) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Ogden-licensed KUCW (channel 30), an owned-and-operated station of The CW. The two stations sh ...

Weather Ball, 2175 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City (???? − present) ** Walker Center, 175 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City (1953 – 1982; 2008 – present) * Virginia ** Newmarket Shopping Center, Newport News (1953 − ????; dismantled) * Wisconsin ** Weather Beacon, H. C. Prange Co., 301 N. Washington Street, Green Bay (26 September 1952 − ????; dismantled) ** Weather Flame, Wisconsin Gas Building, 626 East Wisconsin Avenue,

Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...

(1956 – 1973, 1985 − present) ** Oshkosh National Bank, 300 N. Main Street, Oshkosh (9 May 1952 − ????; dismantled) ** Weather 9, WAOW, 1908 Grand Avenue, Wausau (1965 − present)

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References

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