Historical documents revealed that at the end of the 19th-century missionaries who entered Ethiopia were taking a meteorological observation of Addis Ababa. In addition to this, meteorological stations were established in 1890 and 1986 at Adamitulu and Gambela respectively. After that from 1946-to 1949, some preliminary meteorological tasks were carried out by government offices for the agricultural sector only, especially for locust control. However, due to the growing demands of meteorological information for safe operations of air transport, a unit that handles meteorological activity was also established in the early fifties under the Civil Aviation Department.
Finally, as the other economic and social sectors began to realize the importance of meteorological services the unit was changed with the responsibility of giving assistance to non-aviation activities. NMA had its present status. The government of Ethiopia officially established the National Meteorological Services Agency on December 31, 1980, under proclamation No 201 0f 1980.
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