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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015010815
Currently using 36182 observations from 5025 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Jan 8 15:45:27 UTC 2015



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

2 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

3 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

0 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

20 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


2 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

6 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

48 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

69 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

1 station reporting heat index of 45°C to 49°C

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


0 stations reporting sea level pressure < 950mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 960mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

11 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

12 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

97 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


18 stations reporting heavy snow

7 stations reporting any sleet

10 stations reporting any freezing rain

10 stations reporting heavy rain

35 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


16 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

13 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

24 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

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

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

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

1 station 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

14 stations reporting thunder with rain


5 stations reporting blizzard conditions

6 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

3 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


1 station reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

9 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

2 stations reporting volcanic ash

16 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

41 stations reporting dust or duststorm

12 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

  • BIAR: Akureyri, Iceland
        Wind, Pressure
  • BIKF: Keflavikurflugvollur, Iceland
        Wind, Pressure
  • CYEK: Arviat Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYFS: Fort Simpson, NT, Canada
        Pressure, Aurora
  • CYMA: Mayo Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYVQ: Norman Wells, NT, Canada
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • DRRT: Tahoua, Niger
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • FMEP: Saint-Pierre, Reunion
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • FQQL: Quelimane, Mozambique
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • GOSM: Matam, Senegal
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • K20U: Beach, ND, United States
        Wind, Hourly Precip Total
  • K7L2: Linton, ND, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KBHK: Baker, Baker Municipal Airport, MT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KBUF: Buffalo, Greater Buffalo Intl Arpt, NY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KD57: Glen Ullin, ND, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KGDV: Glendive, MT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KGEG: Spokane, Spokane Intl Arpt, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KGFA: Malmstrom AFB, MT, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KGGW: Glasgow, Glasgow Intl Arpt, MT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KGTF: Great Falls, Great Falls Intl Arpt, MT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KJDN: Jordan, Jordan Airport, MT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KJER: Jerome, Jerome County Airport, ID, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KMEM: Memphis, Memphis Intl Arpt, TN, United States
        Pressure, Smoke
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KN60: Garrison, ND, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KRST: Rochester, Rochester Intl Arpt, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KSIY: Montague, Siskiyou County Airport, CA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KTWF: Twin Falls, ID, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • MMRX: Reynosa Intl Arpt, Mexico
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • OEDF: Dammam-King Fahd Intl Arpt, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • UEEE: Jakutsk, Russia
        Temperature, Visibility
  • UTSA: Navoi, Uzbekistan
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • WBGY: Simanggang, Malaysia
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm


16 unidentified stations (out of a total of 30 documented unknown stations)

  • CYPO (NEW)
  • ENVR (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • HUKA (OLD)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQGA (OLD)
  • KQMR (OLD)
  • KQRB (OLD)
  • KQSF (NEW)
  • KQTC (OLD)
  • KQTM (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)