The station at the site of the current Daneborg was originally established in summer 1944, during World War II, under the command of Captain Strong of US Coast Guard Cutter Storis near the trapping station Sandodden, as an American military weather station, and staffed with six men of the 8th Weather Squadron Detachment.
Stationen beliggende i det nuværende Daneborg var oprindelig grundlagt i sommeren 1944, under 2. verdenskrig, under kommando af Kaptajn Strong fra US Coast Guards kutter: Storis nær fangsstationen Sandodden, som en Amerikansk vejrstation, og bemandet af seks mand fra "the 8th Weather Squadron Detachment".