The weather observatory in Central Park has operated in its current location at Belvedere Castle since 1920. Since then, weather instruments on its roof have been measuring and relaying weather data to a government agency charged with collecting weather information throughout the country. Because of its location in a world-famous park, this castle is undoubtedly the most visited of thousands of such data collection points around the country. Unfortunately, the symbolic importance of this site as a landmark in modern weather observation has been sadly overlooked.