:Symons Gold Medal
The Symons Gold Medal is awarded biennially by the Royal Meteorological Society for distinguished work in the field of meteorological science.{{cite web|url=http://www.rmets.org/our-activities/awards/symons-gold-medal|title= Symons Gold Medal|publisher= Royal Metereological Society|accessdate= 23 November 2015}}
It was established in 1901 in memory of George James Symons, a notable British meteorologist.
Recipients
Source (1978-): [https://www.rmets.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/awards_history_0.pdf Royal Metereological Society]
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- 2023 Michael E. McIntyre{{cite web|url=https://www.rmets.org/awards-advancing-science-1|title=Awards for Advancing Science|publisher=Royal Meteorological Society|accessdate=8 July 2021}}
- 2020 Sue Grimmond{{cite web|url=https://www.rmets.org/awards-and-prizes-distinguished-work-and-careers-2020|title=Awards and Prizes for distinguished work and careers|publisher=Royal Meteorological Society|accessdate=8 July 2021}}
- 2018 Clive D. Rodgers{{cite web|url=https://www.rmets.org/news/2018-society-awards-and-prize-winners-announced|title=2018 Society Awards and Prize Winners Announced|publisher=Royal Meteorological Society|accessdate=24 September 2019}}
- 2016 John Michael Wallace{{cite web|url=https://www.rmets.org/our-activities/awards/symons-gold-medal|title=Symons Gold Medal|publisher=Royal Meteorological Society|accessdate=11 September 2017}}
- 2014 Robert A. Houze
- 2012 Timothy Barnett
- 2010 John F.B. Mitchell
- 2008 Adrian J. Simmons
- 2006 Sir Brian J. Hoskins
- 2004 John S. A. Green
- 2002 Raymond Hide
- 2000 Keith A. Browning
- 1998 Philip Gerald Drazin
- 1996 Klaus Hasselmann
- 1994 John L. Monteith
- 1992 Douglas Lilly {{cite book|title=A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate|first= Don|last= Rittner|page=100}}
- 1990 John T. Houghton
- 1988 David Atlas
- 1986 Hubert H. Lamb
- 1984 Christian E. Junge
- 1982 Frank Pasquill
- 1980 Joseph Smagorinsky
- 1978 Frank H. Ludlam
- 1976 Kirill Yakovlevitch Kondratyev{{cite book|title=World Who Is Who and Does What in Environment and Conservation|first=Nicolas|last= Polunin|page=171}}
- 1975 Sir John Mason
- 1973 Edward Norton Lorenz{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/27/weather|title=Edward Lorenz |accessdate= 23 November 2015|newspaper=The Guardian |date=2008-06-26 |last1=Hardaker |first1=Paul }}
- 1971 John Sawyer{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1371797/John-Sawyer.html|title= John Sawyer|newspaper= The Telegraph|accessdate= 23 November 2015|date= 2000-10-25}}
- 1969 Sverre Petterssen
- 1967 Charles Henry Brian Priestley{{cite book|title=The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2001|page=528}}
- 1965 Sydney Chapman{{cite book|title=A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate|first= Don|last= Rittner|page=37}}
- 1963 Percival Albert Sheppard{{cite journal|title=Pen portrait of President Professor P.A. Sheppard, CBE, FRS|journal=Weather|doi=10.1002/wea.2663|volume=71|pages=10–11|year = 2016|last1 = Walke|first1 = Malcolm|issue=1 |bibcode=2016Wthr...71...10W |doi-access=free}}
- 1961 Jule Gregory Charney{{cite book|title= Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather Second Edition|page= 243|first= George|last=Philander}}
- 1959 Sir Oliver Graham Sutton{{cite web|url= https://biography.wales/article/s8-SUTT-GRA-1903|title= SUTTON, Sir OLIVER GRAHAM |publisher= The National Library of Wales|accessdate = 23 November 2015}}
- 1957 Erik Palmén
- 1955 Reginald Cockcroft Sutcliffe{{cite web|url=http://odnb2.pubfactory.com/articles/49/49991-article.html|title= Reginald Cockcroft Sutcliffe|publisher= Oxford DNB|accessdate= 23 November 2015}}
- 1953 Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby{{cite book|title=Notable Twentieth-century Scientists: L-R | page =1716}}
- 1951 Geoffrey Ingram Taylor{{cite book|title=The Life and Legacy of G. I. Taylor|
first= G|last = Batchelor|page=265}}
- 1949 Tor Bergeron{{cite book|title=Historical Essays on Meteorology, 1919–1995|first=James|last = Fleming|page=191}}
- 1947 David Brunt
- 1944 Charles William Blythe Normand{{cite book|title=Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, c.1784-1947|first= Das|last=Gupta|page=411}}
- 1942 John Switzer Owens{{cite journal |title=Proceedings at the Meetings of the Society |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society |date=January 1942 |volume=68 |issue=293 |pages=76–83 |doi=10.1002/qj.49706829310 |bibcode=1942QJRMS..68...76. |url=https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/qj.49706829310 |access-date=17 January 2022}}
- 1940 Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes(1976), Obituary notices. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 102: 271–274. {{doi|10.1002/qj.49710243127}}
- 1938 Gordon M.B. Dobson
- 1936 Wilhelm Schmidt(1936), Symons memorial medal, 1936. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 62: 280–287. {{doi|10.1002/qj.49706226407}}
- 1934 Gibert Thomas Walker{{cite book|title= Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change|first=George|last=Philander|page=1072}}
- 1932 Vilhelm F. K. Bjerknes(1932), Report of the council. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 58: 179–191. {{doi|10.1002/qj.49705824410}}
- 1930 George C. Simpson{{cite journal|title=Br. J. Ophthalnol. |year=1953|volume= 37|page= 449}}
- 1928 Hugo Hergesell{{cite web|url=https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2024904/photography_ProvidedCHO_TopFoto_co_uk_EU018586.html|title= Geheimrat Professor Doctor Hugo Hergesell, Director of the Lindenberg Aeronautical Observatory, who has been awarded the Symons Gold Medal by the Meteorological Society of London . 2 January 1928|publisher= Europeana|accessdate= 23 November 2015}}
- 1926 Ernest Gold{{cite journal|title=The Observatory| volume= 49| page= 53|year=1926}}
- 1924 Takematsu Okada {{cite journal|title=The Observatory| volume= 47| page=51|year=1924}}
- 1922 Henry George Lyons{{cite book|title=The Year-book of Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony (1924)|page=899}}
- 1920 Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson
- 1918 Hugh Robert Mill
- 1916 ?
- 1914 William Henry Dines{{cite web|url=http://www.ingenious.org.uk/site.asp?s=RM&Param=2&SubParam=1&Content=1&ArticleID={3F10FDA4-2A0B-413E-9065-C2866A3DECF0}&ArticleID2={302F8437-13F3-4358-A71C-1DE45404DD10}&MenuLinkID={94A50969-FA54-4926-BF12-EFE3D3DE6A96}|title=Dines, William Henry, 1855-1927|publisher=ingenious.org|accessdate=24 November 2015}}
- 1912 Cleveland Abbe{{cite book|title=A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate|first= Don|last= Rittner|page=4}}
- 1910 William Napier Shaw{{cite book|title=The Thermal Theory of Cyclones|first=Gisela|last= Kutzbach|page=243}}
- 1908 Léon Teisserenc de Bort
- 1906 Sir Richard Strachey(1906), The argentine antarctic stations. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 32: 155–159. {{doi|10.1002/qj.49703213810}}
- 1904 Julius Hann{{cite journal|title= The Observatory| volume= 27| page=91 |year=1904}}
- 1902 Alexander Buchan{{cite book|title=History of the Meteorological Office|first= Malcolm|last= Walker|page=132}}
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