In some coutries the history of association within the geophysical sciences began already in the XIX century but in Portugal the first ephemerous society in this area - Sociedade de Meteorologia e Geofísica de Portugal - has appeared only in the last thirties of the XX century disapearing some years after.

During the years the need for this kind of association was felt but only in 1995 a group of meteorologists has promoted the idea among professionals, scientists, teachers and students and has prepared the constitution of the APMG - Associação Portuguesa de Meteorologia e Geofísica that was founded by notarial act of 25 November 1996 and began its activity after the election of the bodies on 2 April 1997.

The APMG is an independent association without profit purposes that has the following objectives:

- to make efforts to contribute towards the prestige of research, education and application of meteorological, geophysical and associated sciences and to cooperate with organizations developing activities in these areas, establishing with them relationships for mutual improvement;
- to colaborate with institutions involved in the environemental protection and in the prevention against natural disasters;
- to promote the ethic and deontologic principles of scientific and professional activities in the domains of meteorological and geophysical sciences;
- to issue a revue;
- to develop relationships with congener entities organizing and attending scientific meetings;
- to foster union and companionship among the associates. 

The APMG, actually with one hundred and half members the most of  them teachers and reasearchers become on 30 October 1998 a member of the FLISMET - Federacion Latinoamericana e Iberica de Sociedades de Meteorologia and on 14 September 1999 a fouding member of the EMS - European Meteorological Society.

The most relevant events organized up to now by the APMG were: 

1 - The 1st  Symposium on Meteorology and Geophysics / 2nd Portuguese-Spanish Meeting on Meteorology on November 1998 
2 -  The 2nd Portuguese-Spanish Assembly on Geodesy and Geophysics jointly organised by the Portuguese Committee for the International Unions on Astronomy, Geodesy and Geophysics and the APMG on February 2000
3 - The 2nd  Symposium on Meteorology and Geophysics / 3rd Portuguese-Spanish Meeting on Meteorology on February 2001