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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2012010315
Currently using 24128 observations from 4684 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Jan 3 15:55:59 UTC 2012



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

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

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

18 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

0 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

9 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


3 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

6 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

25 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

137 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

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


0 stations reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

0 stations reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

0 stations reporting heat index of 45°C to 49°C

2 stations reporting heat index of 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

5 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure < 950mb

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


8 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

13 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"

1 station 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"

0 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

0 stations reporting hail

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

3 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


1 station reporting visibility of zero

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

2 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

4 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


2 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

6 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

6 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

5 stations reporting dust or duststorm

4 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

28 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWEB: Estevan Point, B. C., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWRO: Rose Spit Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWWL: Bonilla Island Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZV: Cape Saint James, BC, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYYH: Spence Bay Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • EGPC: Wick, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure
  • EGPD: Aberdeen / Dyce, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure
  • EGPH: Edinburgh Airport, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure
  • EGUN: Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base, United Kingdom
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EHAK: A12-cpp Sea, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHGR: Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EHKD: De Kooy, Netherlands
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EHPG: Platform P11-B, Netherlands
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EHQE: Hoorn-a Sea, Netherlands
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EHWO: Woensdrecht, Netherlands
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EKGF: Tyra Oest, Denmark
        Wind, Pressure
  • EKYT: Aalborg, Denmark
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENBR: Bergen / Flesland, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENEK: Ekofisk Oil Platform, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENHM: UNKNOWN,
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENNE: UNKNOWN,
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENQA: Troll A Platform, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENZV: Stavanger / Sola, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • ETNT: Wittmundhaven, Germany
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KEDW: Edwards Air Force Base, CA, United States
        Visibility, Dust/Duststorm
  • KPIT: Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Intl Arpt, PA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • MMRX: Reynosa Intl Arpt, Mexico
        Pressure Change, Smoke
  • PAKT: Ketchikan, Ketchikan Intl Arpt, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • UAAA: Almaty, Kazakhstan
        Visibility, Smoke


54 unidentified stations (out of a total of 581 documented unknown stations)

  • DAEF (NEW)
  • DAEN (NEW)
  • EGNO (NEW)
  • ENHM (OLD)
  • ENNE (OLD)
  • ENQR (OLD)
  • ENSE (OLD)
  • FDBB (OLD)
  • FDJR (OLD)
  • FDLM (OLD)
  • FDND (OLD)
  • FDNY (OLD)
  • FDPP (OLD)
  • FYBP (OLD)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KM63 (OLD)
  • KMIS (OLD)
  • KQB6 (OLD)
  • KQBR (OLD)
  • KQBU (OLD)
  • KQC3 (OLD)
  • KQCK (OLD)
  • KQCN (OLD)
  • KQDP (OLD)
  • KQDX (OLD)
  • KQEA (OLD)
  • KQEB (OLD)
  • KQKG (OLD)
  • KQLD (OLD)
  • KQLY (OLD)
  • KQM1 (OLD)
  • KQML (OLD)
  • KQOW (OLD)
  • KQQN (OLD)
  • KQQS (OLD)
  • KQRH (OLD)
  • KQSB (OLD)
  • KQSD (OLD)
  • KQTD (OLD)
  • KQTS (OLD)
  • KQVE (OLD)
  • KQVF (OLD)
  • KQVP (OLD)
  • KQWL (OLD)
  • KQXT (OLD)
  • KQYL (OLD)
  • KQYU (OLD)
  • KQZ4 (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • UTFF (OLD)
  • VGHS (OLD)
  • YAYT (OLD)