diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/util/test/WeatherDataFileReader.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/util/test/WeatherDataFileReader.java
index ff291b314eff9ee258fbc7e36bb4aed40f628e3b..d9e9cebd044e94279ad4a17152240bbaa9c57192 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/util/test/WeatherDataFileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/util/test/WeatherDataFileReader.java
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ public class WeatherDataFileReader {
             JsonFactory f = new MappingJsonFactory();
             JsonParser jp = f.createParser(inputStream);
             JsonNode all = jp.readValueAsTree();
-            List<WeatherObservation> observations = new ArrayList<>();
             ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
             List<PointWeatherObservationList> theList = mapper.convertValue(all, new TypeReference<List<PointWeatherObservationList>>(){});
             config.setConfigParameter("multiPointWeatherObservations", theList);