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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2010052318
Currently using 24602 observations from 4408 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun May 23 18:46:37 UTC 2010



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

0 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

9 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


2 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

8 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

87 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

0 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

20 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

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

20 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

0 stations 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

0 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


0 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

22 stations reporting heavy rain

9 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"

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

5 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"

0 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

1 station reporting hail

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

40 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


0 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

8 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


1 station reporting aircraft mishap

5 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

26 stations reporting dust or duststorm

3 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

7 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWRJ: Rosetown East, Sask, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • GLRB: Grand Bassa, Roberts Field, Liberia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • K4BL: Blanding, UT, United States
        Visibility, Sand/Sandstorm
  • KCPK: Chesapeake, Chesapeake Municipal Airport, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KECG: Elizabeth City, Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Stn, NC, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KIAD: Washington-Dulles Intl Arpt, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KQAQ: Al Taji, Iraq
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OERF: Rafha, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • ROAH: Naha Airport, Japan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • RODN: Kadena Ab, Japan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • ROTM: Futenma Marine Corps Air Facility, Japan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • SMJP: Johan A. Pengel, Suriname
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • TJSJ: San Juan, Luis Munoz Marin Intl Arpt, PR, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • VABB: Bombay / Santacruz, India
        Dewpoint, Smoke


91 unidentified stations (out of a total of 558 documented unknown stations)

  • AZUH (OLD)
  • DAMH (NEW)
  • DATF (OLD)
  • EHAK (OLD)
  • EHJA (OLD)
  • EHQE (OLD)
  • ENSL (OLD)
  • FALE (NEW)
  • FYOT (OLD)
  • HRZA (NEW)
  • K5C1 (NEW)
  • KAEJ (NEW)
  • KBBF (NEW)
  • KBDU (NEW)
  • KBQX (NEW)
  • KCTJ (NEW)
  • KDLP (NEW)
  • KE80 (NEW)
  • KECP (NEW)
  • KEDC (OLD)
  • KEHC (NEW)
  • KEIK (NEW)
  • KFCI (NEW)
  • KGVX (NEW)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KHQI (NEW)
  • KI75 (NEW)
  • KJES (NEW)
  • KMAN (NEW)
  • KMDJ (NEW)
  • KMIU (NEW)
  • KMZG (NEW)
  • KMZZ (NEW)
  • KPAN (NEW)
  • KPTS (NEW)
  • KQA4 (OLD)
  • KQAR (OLD)
  • KQBL (OLD)
  • KQBS (OLD)
  • KQD2 (OLD)
  • KQDD (NEW)
  • KQDP (OLD)
  • KQDX (OLD)
  • KQEI (OLD)
  • KQEJ (OLD)
  • KQEN (OLD)
  • KQEP (OLD)
  • KQEQ (OLD)
  • KQER (OLD)
  • KQES (OLD)
  • KQEV (OLD)
  • KQEW (OLD)
  • KQEX (OLD)
  • KQEY (OLD)
  • KQFB (OLD)
  • KQFS (OLD)
  • KQFT (OLD)
  • KQFU (OLD)
  • KQFV (OLD)
  • KQFW (OLD)
  • KQHY (OLD)
  • KQM1 (OLD)
  • KQOL (OLD)
  • KQON (OLD)
  • KQOW (OLD)
  • KQPD (OLD)
  • KQPV (OLD)
  • KQQS (OLD)
  • KQRH (OLD)
  • KQSB (OLD)
  • KQSD (OLD)
  • KQVE (OLD)
  • KQW3 (OLD)
  • KQXF (OLD)
  • KSCF (NEW)
  • KVBS (NEW)
  • KVES (NEW)
  • KVNP (NEW)
  • KW45 (NEW)
  • LEDA (NEW)
  • LYUZ (OLD)
  • MASA (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MSLU (OLD)
  • OAUZ (NEW)
  • ORBI (NEW)
  • ORER (NEW)
  • ORSU (NEW)
  • OYDM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)