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| Established | 3 April 1850  (174 years ago) |
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| Founders | John Lee, James Glaisher, Samuel Charles Whitbread |
| Types | learned society, open-access publisher |
| Headquarters | Reading |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°27′19″N 0°58′50″W / 51.45520991°N 0.98063042°W |
| Membership | 3,162 (2020) |
| Affiliations | European Meteorological Society, Science Council, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, International Forum for Meteorological Societies |
| Revenue | 1,106,097 pound sterling (2020) |
| Employees | 17 (2020) |
| Volunteers | 276 (2016, 2017) |
| Website | www |
The Royal Meteorological Society is a long-established institution that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science. Fellows of the Society must possess relevant qualifications, but Members can be lay enthusiasts. Its Quarterly Journal is one of the world's leading sources of original research in the atmospheric sciences. The chief executive officer is Liz Bentley.