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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2009051606
Currently using 24029 observations from 4131 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat May 16 06:51:25 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

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

1 station reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

2 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

43 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

2 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

14 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -70°C or colder

0 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -60°C to -69°C

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

0 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

1 station reporting heat index of 50°C to 59°C

33 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb

1 station 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

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

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

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


1 station reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

62 stations reporting heavy rain

5 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"

1 station 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"

17 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"

2 stations 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

102 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


7 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

3 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

3 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

21 stations reporting dust or duststorm

3 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

6 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • HLLB: Benina, Libya
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • K0F2: Bowie, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • K1H2: Effingham, Effingham County Memorial Airport, IL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KABQ: Albuquerque, Albuquerque Intl Arpt, NM, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KADG: Adrian, Lenawee County Airport, MI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KADH: Ada, Ada Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KADM: Ardmore, Ardmore Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KAJG: Mount Carmel, Mount Carmel Municipal Airport, IL, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KASW: Warsaw, Warsaw Municipal Airport, IN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KAZO: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo / Battle Creek Intl Arpt, MI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBTL: Battle Creek, Kellogg Airport, MI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCHA: Chattanooga, Lovell Field, TN, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KDUC: Duncan, Halliburton Field Airport, OK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KFDR: Frederick, Frederick Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KFOA: Flora, Flora Municipal Airport, IL, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KFSI: Fort Sill, OK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KGEZ: Shelbyville, Shelbyville Municipal Airport, IN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KGUS: Grissom Air Force Base / Peru, IN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHRO: Harrison, Boone County Airport, AR, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KJCT: Junction, Kimble County Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KJXN: Jackson, Jackson County-Reynolds Field Airport, MI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KL35: Big Bear City, CA, United States
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • KLAF: Lafayette, Purdue University Airport, IN, United States
        3/6-Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KLWV: Lawrenceville, Lawrenceville-Vincennes Intl Arpt, IL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMDH: Carbondale IL, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KMLC: McAlester, McAlester Regional Airport, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KMYP: Salida Mountain, Monarch Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KNKT: Cherry Point, Marine Corps Air Stn, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KOKC: Oklahoma City, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KPVJ: Pauls Valley, Pauls Valley Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KPWA: Oklahoma City, Wiley Post Airport, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KQET: UNKNOWN,
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KQTO: Balad, Iraq
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KRCE: Yukon, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KSGF: Springfield, Springfield Regional Airport, MO, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KUNO: West Plains, West Plains Municipal Airport, MO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • OBBI: Bahrain Intl Arpt, Bahrain
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OEDF: Dammam-King Fahd Intl Arpt, Saudi Arabia
        Visibility, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OEDR: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
        Visibility, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OTBD: Doha Intl Arpt, Qatar
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • OYHD: Hodeidah, Yemen
        Dewpoint, Dust/Duststorm
  • SPRU: Trujillo, Peru
        Visibility, Bird Hazard
  • WARR: Juanda, Indonesia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


66 unidentified stations (out of a total of 529 documented unknown stations)

  • DAMR (OLD)
  • DATF (OLD)
  • EHAK (OLD)
  • EHJA (OLD)
  • EHQE (OLD)
  • EQBP (OLD)
  • EQYB (OLD)
  • EQYG (OLD)
  • EQYK (OLD)
  • EQYL (OLD)
  • EQYN (OLD)
  • EQYR (OLD)
  • EQYS (OLD)
  • FDBB (OLD)
  • FDHL (OLD)
  • FDLM (OLD)
  • FDPP (OLD)
  • KQAR (OLD)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQBR (OLD)
  • KQC3 (OLD)
  • KQD2 (OLD)
  • KQDP (OLD)
  • KQEH (OLD)
  • KQEI (OLD)
  • KQEJ (OLD)
  • KQEN (OLD)
  • KQEP (OLD)
  • KQEQ (OLD)
  • KQER (OLD)
  • KQES (OLD)
  • KQET (OLD)
  • KQEV (OLD)
  • KQEW (OLD)
  • KQEX (OLD)
  • KQEY (OLD)
  • KQFA (OLD)
  • KQFB (OLD)
  • KQFC (OLD)
  • KQFL (OLD)
  • KQFN (OLD)
  • KQFO (OLD)
  • KQFQ (OLD)
  • KQFS (OLD)
  • KQFT (OLD)
  • KQFU (OLD)
  • KQFV (OLD)
  • KQFW (OLD)
  • KQFX (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQHY (OLD)
  • KQKM (OLD)
  • KQKP (OLD)
  • KQKV (OLD)
  • KQLG (OLD)
  • KQM1 (OLD)
  • KQOW (OLD)
  • KQQR (OLD)
  • KQRH (OLD)
  • KQVE (OLD)
  • KQW3 (OLD)
  • LYUZ (OLD)
  • OYDM (OLD)
  • OYIB (OLD)
  • OYMT (OLD)
  • OYSD (OLD)