The finding was confirmed by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

An international committee of the World Meteorological Organization now maintains and updates these lists.

The Meteo World Pavilion, funded by the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization, is the first Meteorology Pavilion in the history of the World Expo.

Ocean observations from ships and buoys are sent to national meteorological services through a World Meteorological Organization network called the Global Telecommunication System (GTS).

This data is consistent with observations by the U.N. weather agency, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).