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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2009030818
Currently using 18167 observations from 4260 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun Mar 8 18:54:49 UTC 2009



1 station reporting temperature -55°C or colder

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

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

6 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

4 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

0 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

20 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

3 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

43 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


0 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -70°C or colder

1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -60°C to -69°C

18 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -50°C to -59°C

43 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -40°C to -49°C


0 stations reporting heat index of 70°C or hotter

0 stations reporting heat index of 60°C to 69°C

0 stations reporting heat index of 50°C to 59°C

15 stations reporting heat index of 40°C to 49°C


0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

9 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

28 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure < 950mb

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

1 station reporting sea level pressure between 960mb - 969mb

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


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

10 stations reporting 3-hourly pressure fall of 5mb to 9.9mb

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

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


7 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

26 stations reporting heavy rain

36 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"

1 station 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"

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

2 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

45 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


1 station reporting visibility of zero

11 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


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

7 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

7 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

28 stations reporting dust or duststorm

4 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

22 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • EGPB: Sumburgh Cape, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure
  • EKVG: Soervaag / Vagar, Denmark
        Wind, Pressure
  • KARR: Aurora, Aurora Municipal Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KBMI: Bloomington / Normal, IL, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KCGI: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, MO, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KFEP: Freeport, Albertus Airport, IL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KIJX: Jacksonville, Jacksonville Municipal Airport, IL, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KOTM: Ottumwa, Ottumwa Industrial Airport, IA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KPIA: Peoria, Greater Peoria Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KPPQ: Pittsfield, IL, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KPWK: Chicago / Wheeling, Pal-Waukee Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KQXJ: Tallil, Iraq
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KSPI: Springfield, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, IL, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KSTL: St. Louis, Lambert-St. Louis Intl Arpt, MO, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KUGN: Chicago / Waukegan, Waukegan Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KVIH: Rolla / Vichy, Rolla National Airport, MO, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • MMMA: Matamoros International, Mexico
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • MMRX: Reynosa Intl Arpt, Mexico
        Pressure Change, Smoke
  • PAOM: Nome, Nome Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PAOT: Kotzebue, Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SBPP: Ponta Pora Intl, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SLPS: Puerto Suarez, Bolivia
        Dewpoint, Smoke
  • SPRU: Trujillo, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • UNWW: Novokuznetsk, Russia
        Temperature, Smoke
  • ZYHB: Harbin, China
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility


48 unidentified stations (out of a total of 493 documented unknown stations)

  • AZUH (OLD)
  • DAMR (OLD)
  • EHAK (OLD)
  • EHJA (OLD)
  • EHQE (OLD)
  • ENSL (OLD)
  • EQBP (OLD)
  • EQBQ (OLD)
  • EQBR (OLD)
  • EQYB (OLD)
  • EQYC (OLD)
  • EQYG (OLD)
  • EQYK (OLD)
  • EQYL (OLD)
  • EQYN (OLD)
  • EQYR (OLD)
  • EQYS (OLD)
  • FDBB (OLD)
  • FDLV (OLD)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KQAL (OLD)
  • KQAN (OLD)
  • KQAR (OLD)
  • KQBR (OLD)
  • KQD2 (OLD)
  • KQDP (OLD)
  • KQFA (OLD)
  • KQFC (OLD)
  • KQFL (OLD)
  • KQFO (OLD)
  • KQFQ (OLD)
  • KQFS (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQHY (OLD)
  • KQKM (OLD)
  • KQKP (OLD)
  • KQM1 (OLD)
  • KQOL (OLD)
  • KQOW (OLD)
  • KQPU (NEW)
  • KQRH (OLD)
  • LYUZ (OLD)
  • MASA (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MSLU (OLD)
  • OYDM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)