page_title: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
caption_attribution_description: C.H.D. Buys Ballot (1817-1890).
context_page_description: The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
  The primary tasks of KNMI are weather forecasting, monitoring of climate changes and monitoring seismic activity. KNMI is also the national research and information centre for climate, climate change and seismology.
context_section_description: The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut or KNMI, [ˈkoːnɪŋklək ˈneːdərˌlɑnts ˌmeteoroˈloːɣis ˌɪnstiˈtyt]) is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
  The primary tasks of KNMI are weather forecasting, monitoring of  climate changes and monitoring seismic activity. KNMI is also the national research and information centre for climate, climate change and seismology.
caption: C. H. D. Buys Ballot, 1st director
  (from 1854 to 1890)
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