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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2014051512
Currently using 37653 observations from 4975 different global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu May 15 12:44:30 UTC 2014



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

11 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

61 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

3 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

21 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -55°C or colder

0 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -50°C to -54°C

0 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -45°C to -49°C

0 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -40°C to -44°C


0 stations reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

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

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

49 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

4 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


1 station reporting 3-hourly pressure fall of 10mb or greater

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

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

1 station reporting 3-hourly pressure rise of 10mb or greater


2 stations reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

93 stations reporting heavy rain

22 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 6 hours

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

1 station reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

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

6 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 0.5-0.99"

2 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"

3 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

55 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

0 stations 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

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

11 stations reporting dust or duststorm

7 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

15 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYEK: Arviat Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KAIK: Aiken, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBHC: Baxley Airport, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBNL: Barnwell, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCAE: Columbia, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KCCU: Copper Mountain, Red Cliff Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KCLT: Charlotte, Charlotte / Douglas Intl Arpt, NC, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KCTY: Cross City, Cross City Airport, FL, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • KCUB: Columbia, Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCWV: Claxton Evans, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KDCM: Chester, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KEOE: Newberry, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KEQY: Monroe, Monroe Airport, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KGEV: Jefferson, Ashe County Airport, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KHOE: Homerville, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHSP: Hot Springs / Ingalls, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KLHW: Ft. Stewart, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KPSK: Dublin / New River Valley, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KVUJ: Albemarle, Stanly County Airport, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • LRCL: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • MMAA: Acapulco / G. Alvarez, Mexico
        3/6-Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • MMVA: Villahermosa, Mexico
        3/6-Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OAKN: Kandahar Intl, Afghanistan
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • OIKQ: Gheshm Island / Dayrestan, Iran
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OIMB: Birjand, Iran
        Thunderstorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • PGSN: Saipan Island, Saipan Intl Arpt, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • VTSF: Nakhon Si Thamma, Thailand
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • VVTS: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WBSB: Brunei Airport, Brunei
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WIMM: Medan / Polonia, Indonesia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • ZGGG: Guangzhou, China
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


11 unidentified stations (out of a total of 21 documented unknown stations)

  • EGSD (NEW)
  • FYRN (OLD)
  • KCVW (OLD)
  • KHME (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQMD (NEW)
  • KQZ2 (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • SESG (NEW)
  • YAYT (NEW)