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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2012121821
Currently using 33479 observations from 4621 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Dec 18 21:55:38 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

12 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


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

18 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

4 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

24 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

3 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 55°C or hotter

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

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

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


0 stations reporting sea level pressure < 950mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 960mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

14 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

41 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


15 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

14 stations reporting heavy rain

48 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"

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

1 station 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

1 station reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

35 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

2 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

8 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

22 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

3 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

26 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYOC: Old Crow Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYRJ: Roberval, Que., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KEDW: Edwards Air Force Base, CA, United States
        Visibility, Dust/Duststorm
  • KETB: West Bend, West Bend Municipal Airport, WI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KJFK: New York, Kennedy Intl Arpt, NY, United States
        Hail, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • LGSY: Skiros, Greece
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • LRSV: Suceava / Salcea, Romania
        Visibility, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • MMMA: Matamoros International, Mexico
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • MMRX: Reynosa Intl Arpt, Mexico
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • PACD: Cold Bay, Cold Bay Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PAII: Egegik, Egegik Airport, AK, United States
        Pressure Change, Visibility
  • PAJC: Chignik, Chignik Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PAKF: False Pass, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PAOR: Northway, Northway Airport, AK, United States
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • PAOU: Nelson Lagoon, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PAPH: Port Heiden, Port Heiden Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PAPN: Pilot Point Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PKMR: Majuro Atoll, NWS Office, Marshall Islands
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SLCO: Cobija, Bolivia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • UAKK: Karaganda, Kazakhstan
        Temperature, Pressure
  • UASK: Ust Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
        Temperature, Pressure
  • UASP: Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
        Temperature, Pressure
  • UATT: Aktjubinsk, Kazakhstan
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UNBB: Barnaul, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UNWW: Novokuznetsk, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • USPP: Perm'/Bolshoe Savino, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UUEE: Moscow / Sheremet'Ye, Russia
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • UWKE: Begishevo, Russia
        Pressure, Visibility
  • UWUU: Ufa, Russia
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust


87 unidentified stations (out of a total of 600 documented unknown stations)

  • CYDL (NEW)
  • CYWE (NEW)
  • DAEF (OLD)
  • DAEN (OLD)
  • EKGC (NEW)
  • EKHA (NEW)
  • EKHD (NEW)
  • EKTE (NEW)
  • ENHM (OLD)
  • ENNE (OLD)
  • ENQR (OLD)
  • ENSE (OLD)
  • FDBB (OLD)
  • FDJR (OLD)
  • FDLM (OLD)
  • FDMY (OLD)
  • FDND (OLD)
  • FDNY (OLD)
  • FDPP (OLD)
  • FDVV (OLD)
  • K1II (NEW)
  • K5R8 (NEW)
  • KADF (NEW)
  • KANQ (NEW)
  • KCKF (NEW)
  • KGPH (NEW)
  • KHAE (NEW)
  • KL38 (NEW)
  • KPCW (NEW)
  • KQA4 (OLD)
  • KQAR (OLD)
  • KQAZ (OLD)
  • KQB6 (OLD)
  • KQBL (OLD)
  • KQBS (OLD)
  • KQBU (OLD)
  • KQC3 (OLD)
  • KQCH (OLD)
  • KQCK (OLD)
  • KQCN (OLD)
  • KQEA (OLD)
  • KQEI (OLD)
  • KQEJ (OLD)
  • KQEL (OLD)
  • KQEN (OLD)
  • KQEQ (OLD)
  • KQER (OLD)
  • KQES (OLD)
  • KQEV (OLD)
  • KQEW (OLD)
  • KQEX (OLD)
  • KQEY (OLD)
  • KQFB (OLD)
  • KQFQ (OLD)
  • KQFT (OLD)
  • KQFU (OLD)
  • KQFV (OLD)
  • KQFW (OLD)
  • KQFX (OLD)
  • KQHY (OLD)
  • KQKG (OLD)
  • KQLD (OLD)
  • KQLY (OLD)
  • KQM1 (OLD)
  • KQPA (NEW)
  • KQPD (OLD)
  • KQQN (OLD)
  • KQQS (OLD)
  • KQSB (OLD)
  • KQSD (OLD)
  • KQSN (OLD)
  • KQSV (OLD)
  • KQTH (OLD)
  • KQTS (OLD)
  • KQVP (OLD)
  • KQXT (OLD)
  • KQYU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OMLW (OLD)
  • OMMZ (OLD)
  • OMSN (OLD)
  • SCPQ (NEW)
  • UTFF (OLD)
  • VGHS (OLD)
  • WMKE (NEW)
  • YRMD (OLD)