Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Global extremes
This web page displays world cities having the most unique weather during the past three hours.
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Currently using 38031 observations from 5176 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Aug 28 07:46:27 UTC 2025
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Please note that observer typographic errors do occur and may take a few days to manually remove.
Also, note that this site only reports observations provided in METAR format. Observations provided only through non-METAR format (e.g. Vostok, Antarctica or Death Valley, CA among many others) are not included here.
Temperature:
- Maximum:
- Past 3 Hours: 44°C (111.2°F) [KQGX:AL DHAFRA, United Arab Emirates]
- Past 24 Hours: 47°C (116.6°F) [ORMM:Basrah, Iraq]
- Past 72 Hours: 50°C (122.0°F) [CYZS:Coral Harbour, NT, Canada]
- Since March 2007: 54°C (129.2°F) [OIAW:Ahwaz, Iran] (1230Z 29 Jun 2017)
- Minimum:
- Past 3 Hours: -19.7°C (-3.4°F) [NZCM:Williams Field, Antarctica]
- Past 24 Hours: -53°C (-63.4°F) [NZSP:Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica]
- Past 72 Hours: -61°C (-77.8°F) [NZSP:Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica]
- Since March 2007: -78°C (-108.4°F) [NZSP:Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica] (1750Z 07 Jun 2013)