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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2008090503
Currently using 21796 observations from 4047 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Fri Sep 5 03:51:58 UTC 2008



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

0 stations reporting temperature -50°C to -54°C

0 stations reporting temperature -45°C to -49°C

0 stations reporting temperature -40°C to -44°C

0 stations reporting temperature 55°C or warmer

0 stations reporting temperature 50°C to 54°C

0 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

10 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


2 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

13 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

54 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

1 station reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

2 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


2 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure < 950mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure between 950mb and 960mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure between 960mb - 969mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure between 970mb - 979mb


0 stations reporting 3-hourly pressure fall of 10mb or greater

1 station reporting 3-hourly pressure fall of 5mb to 9.9mb

0 stations reporting 3-hourly pressure rise of 5mb to 9.9mb

0 stations reporting 3-hourly pressure rise of 10mb or greater


0 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

59 stations reporting heavy rain

4 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


0 stations reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 3+"

0 stations reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 2"

0 stations reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 1"

0 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 3" or greater

0 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

1 station reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 1-1.99"

3 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 0.5-0.99"

0 stations reporting 3 or 6 hourly (melted) precip total of 5" or greater

0 stations reporting 3 or 6 hourly (melted) precip total of 4-4.99"

0 stations reporting 3 or 6 hourly (melted) precip total of 3-3.99"

1 station reporting 3 or 6 hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"


0 stations reporting tornado, funnel cloud or waterspout

0 stations reporting mammatus cloud

0 stations reporting hail

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

20 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

16 stations reporting visibility 1/8 mile or less, but not zero

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

6 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


1 station reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

1 station reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

0 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

10 stations reporting dust or duststorm

1 station reporting sand or sandstorm

14 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • KBIV: Holland, Tulip City Airport, MI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KBKF: Aurora, Buckley Air Force Base Airport, CO, United States
        Thunderstorm, Visibility
  • KIGQ: Chicago, Lansing Municipal Airport, IL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KQAE: AL MUSAYYIB FOB, IRAQ
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KUGN: Chicago / Waukegan, Waukegan Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • LIPQ: Ronchi Dei Legionari, Italy
        Thunderstorm, Visibility
  • MMZO: Manzanillo International, Mexico
        Dewpoint, Smoke
  • PGUA: Andersen, Mariana Is, GU, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • TIST: Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, Cyril E. King Airport, Virgin Islands
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity


50 unidentified stations (out of a total of 463 documented unknown stations)

  • AZUH (OLD)
  • EQBP (OLD)
  • EQBR (OLD)
  • EQYB (OLD)
  • EQYC (OLD)
  • EQYD (OLD)
  • EQYG (OLD)
  • EQYK (OLD)
  • EQYL (OLD)
  • EQYN (OLD)
  • EQYR (OLD)
  • EQYS (OLD)
  • FDBB (OLD)
  • FDHL (OLD)
  • FDPP (OLD)
  • KQAL (OLD)
  • KQAN (OLD)
  • KQAR (OLD)
  • KQB6 (OLD)
  • KQBC (OLD)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQBR (OLD)
  • KQC3 (OLD)
  • KQD2 (OLD)
  • KQDP (OLD)
  • KQFA (OLD)
  • KQFL (OLD)
  • KQFN (OLD)
  • KQFO (OLD)
  • KQFQ (OLD)
  • KQFS (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQJX (OLD)
  • KQLG (OLD)
  • KQM1 (OLD)
  • KQMB (OLD)
  • KQOL (OLD)
  • KQON (OLD)
  • KQQR (OLD)
  • KQQS (OLD)
  • KQRH (OLD)
  • KQVE (OLD)
  • KQW3 (OLD)
  • KQXT (OLD)
  • LYUZ (OLD)
  • MASA (OLD)
  • OMMZ (OLD)
  • OMSN (OLD)
  • OYDM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)