In 1938, Douglas Leigh designed a Coca-Cola billboard with a weather forecast display at Columbus Circle in New York City. In 1936, the Weather Girl sculptures were installed in City Hall Square in Copenhagen. President William McKinley, coastal warning display towers were installed along the coast of the United States. In addition to displaying weather forecasts, some weather beacons have been used to signal victory or defeat for a professional sports home team. They provide a very basic forecast for the general public and not as an aid to navigation. The beacons are most commonly owned by financial services companies and television stations and are part of advertising and public relations programs.
The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to towers. Often, a short poem or jingle accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. Weather beacon barometer atop the Westpac Place building in SydneyĪ weather beacon is a beacon that indicates the local weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights.
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