Meteorology is one of the most neglected areas of study within the field of ancient Greek and Roman natural philosophy. The ancient Greek term meteōrologia refers to a broader range of natural phenomena than the modern term does, including ‘lofty’ or astronomical phenomena such as shooting stars and comets, and terrestrial phenomena such as earthquakes, floods and volcanic activities. While one might assume that Meteorology, as a separate branch, develops due to the rapid progress of modern science, in fact already the Presocratic philosophers raised questions about the weather and the nature and movement of the celestial bodies. The first work that survives on the subject is Aristotle's Meteorologica written in the 4th century BCE in four books. 

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This website provides the results of an ongoing, multidisciplinary research in the history of Meteorology.