Minneapolis had a weatherball (perhaps still does? Not clear). I remember the one in Flint, growing up, but I didn't realize that it had been syndicated (perhaps from somewhere else?). It was built the year after I was born, so it's almost as old as me (sigh...).

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Ah, here we go:

There are or were other weather balls, constructed by banks such as the ones built by Michigan National Bank in Grand Rapids MI, Texas National Bank in Houston TX and Northwestern Bank in Minneapolis MN. Grand Rapids TV station WZZM channel 13 bought the dismantled Michigan National Bank weather ball, restored it and moved it to its studio location at the I-96 and US-131 interchange. KCAU-TV in Sioux City IA also has a weather ball.

There is a weather bell on a Walgreens in the Chicago Loop. The building was formerly Bell Federal S&L.

http://www.rachelleb.com/2004/11/weather_bell.html#comments

Heeeeyyy...

That's not a weatherball. It's a weatherbell!

This post is about weatherballs!

Minneapolis may have had a weatherball, but the old Norwest building, on which the weatherball was mounted, burned years ago (I know because my mother and grandmother worked there at the time). Sadly, 'tis gone now, with the weatherball, never to be seen again.