The present invention relates to a method of eliminating ground echoes for a meteorological radar. The ground echoes being received from a predetermined area by a radar, the radar illuminating, for a predetermined number R of transmission recurrences, the area over a number P of distance cells, the method includes a step for calculating a spatial statistical parameter of the cluttered echoes received by the radar in response to the recurrences over an analysis path for distance cells, and a step to compare the spatial variation level of the spatial statistical parameter along the analysis path, the echoes being considered to be ground echoes when the level of said variation is greater than a predetermined threshold.