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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2014080518
Currently using 35876 observations from 4956 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Aug 5 18:44:37 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

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

6 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

56 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


4 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

19 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

95 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

2 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

2 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

1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -40°C to -44°C


0 stations reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

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

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

94 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

2 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

6 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

1 station reporting 3-hourly pressure fall of 5mb to 9.9mb

6 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 any sleet

0 stations reporting any freezing rain

29 stations reporting heavy rain

0 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


1 station reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

1 station reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

1 station 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

0 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

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

2 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

86 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


1 station reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

1 station reporting visibility 50-74 miles


1 station 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

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

7 stations reporting dust or duststorm

4 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

36 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYRA: Rae Lakes, NT, Canada
        Thunderstorm, Smoke
  • CZUM: Churchill Falls, Nfld., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • DAAJ: Djanet, Algeria
        Temperature, Sand/Sandstorm
  • DAAT: Tamanrasset / Aguenna, Algeria
        Wind, Sand/Sandstorm
  • DAOR: Bechar, Algeria
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • DRZA: Agadez, Niger
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • ENNA: Banak, Norway
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • GOOK: Kaolack, Senegal
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KDKK: Dunkirk, Chautauqua County / Dunkirk Airport, NY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KFMY: Fort Myers, Page Field, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHSE: Hatteras, Mitchell Field, NC, United States
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KPBI: West Palm Beach, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KQBK: UNKNOWN,
        Temperature, Pressure Change
  • KQTZ: Baghdad, Iraq
        Temperature, Smoke
  • OEGN: Gizan, Saudi Arabia
        Dewpoint, Dust/Duststorm
  • OYAA: Aden, Yemen
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • SBTT: Tabatinga, Brazil
        Thunderstorm, Visibility
  • SKLT: Leticia / Vasquez Cobo, Colombia
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • VHHH: Hong Kong Inter-National Airport, Hong Kong
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WBSB: Brunei Airport, Brunei
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • ZGGG: Guangzhou, China
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • EGSD (NEW)
  • FDLB (NEW)
  • FYRN (OLD)
  • GQPZ (NEW)
  • KBDG (NEW)
  • KBMC (NEW)
  • KCVW (OLD)
  • KDTA (NEW)
  • KEQA (NEW)
  • KHME (NEW)
  • KHVE (NEW)
  • KQBK (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • LEAG (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MMPE (NEW)
  • SCQP (NEW)
  • SESG (NEW)
  • URFF (NEW)
  • YAYT (NEW)