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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2012122718
Currently using 34526 observations from 4681 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Dec 27 18:49:12 UTC 2012



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

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

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

1 station 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

2 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

30 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


2 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

2 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

5 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

34 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

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

23 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

10 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

17 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

21 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


30 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting heavy sleet

0 stations reporting heavy freezing rain

18 stations reporting heavy rain

60 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"

4 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"

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

0 stations reporting hail

1 station reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

12 stations reporting thunder with rain


4 stations reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


8 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

3 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

1 station 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

1 station reporting volcanic ash

10 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

9 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

23 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • BIIS: Isafjordur, Iceland
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CWVU: Brier Island, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWWE: Western Head, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • ENDR: Draugen, Norway
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ENNE: UNKNOWN,
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENRM: Rorvik / Ryum, Norway
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ETHL: Laupheim, Germany
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • K3MW: Mount Werner, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KBGR: Bangor, Bangor Intl Arpt, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KBTV: Burlington, Burlington Intl Arpt, VT, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KHIE: Whitefield, Mount Washington Regional Airport, NH, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KILG: Wilmington, New Castle County Airport, DE, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KSDB: Sandberg, CA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • MNCH: Chinandega, Nicaragua
        Volcanic Ash, Smoke
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • SARI: Iguazu Aerodrome, Argentina
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBTF: Tefe, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • UNAA: Abakan, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UTST: Termez, Uzbekistan
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • WMBA: Sitiawan, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


75 unidentified stations (out of a total of 601 documented unknown stations)

  • DAEF (OLD)
  • DAEN (OLD)
  • ENHM (OLD)
  • ENNE (OLD)
  • ENQR (OLD)
  • ENSE (OLD)
  • FDBB (OLD)
  • FDJR (OLD)
  • FDLM (OLD)
  • FDMY (OLD)
  • FDND (OLD)
  • FDNY (OLD)
  • FDPP (OLD)
  • FDVV (OLD)
  • FYRN (OLD)
  • GMSD (NEW)
  • K1YT (NEW)
  • KQA4 (OLD)
  • KQAR (OLD)
  • KQAZ (OLD)
  • KQB6 (OLD)
  • KQBL (OLD)
  • KQBS (OLD)
  • KQBU (OLD)
  • KQC3 (OLD)
  • KQCH (OLD)
  • KQCK (OLD)
  • KQCN (OLD)
  • KQDP (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 (OLD)
  • KQPD (OLD)
  • KQQN (OLD)
  • KQQS (OLD)
  • KQSB (OLD)
  • KQSD (OLD)
  • KQSN (OLD)
  • KQSV (OLD)
  • KQTH (OLD)
  • KQTS (OLD)
  • KQVP (OLD)
  • KQXT (OLD)
  • KQYU (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OMLW (OLD)
  • OMMZ (OLD)
  • OMSN (OLD)
  • SPWT (OLD)
  • TNCN (NEW)
  • UTFF (OLD)
  • VGHS (OLD)
  • YRMD (OLD)