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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015012118
Currently using 37021 observations from 4973 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Wed Jan 21 18:44:50 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

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

0 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

25 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

7 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

16 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


3 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -55°C or colder

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

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

34 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

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

14 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

5 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


11 stations reporting heavy snow

4 stations reporting any sleet

13 stations reporting any freezing rain

12 stations reporting heavy rain

54 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


29 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

43 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

49 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"

2 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"

2 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"

1 station 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

2 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

16 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


6 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

3 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

0 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

1 station reporting volcanic ash

27 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

8 stations reporting dust or duststorm

1 station reporting sand or sandstorm

27 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWRO: Rose Spit, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZV: Cape Saint James, BC, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • FOOL: Libreville, Gabon
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KAGC: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Airport, PA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KALW: Walla Walla, Walla Walla Regional Airport, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KAUW: Wausau, Wausau Downtown Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KCCU: Copper Mountain, Red Cliff Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KCLE: Cleveland, Cleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt, OH, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KDBQ: Dubuque, Dubuque Regional Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KEAT: Wenatchee, Pangborn Memorial Airport, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KHUM: Houma-Terrebonne, LA, United States
        Volcanic Ash, Smoke
  • KPDT: Pendleton, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KPDX: Portland, Portland Intl Arpt, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KSHN: Shelton, Shelton Sanderson Field, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KSPB: Scappoose, Scappoose Industrial Airpark, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • LEXJ: Santander / Parayas, Spain
        Hail, Thunderstorm
  • NSTU: Pago Pago, US Minor Outlying Islands
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • OPLA: Lahore Airport, Pakistan
        Thunderstorm, Smoke
  • PACZ: Cape Romanzof, Cape Romanzof LRRS Airport, AK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • PAKT: Ketchikan, Ketchikan Intl Arpt, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SPTU: Puerto Maldonado, Peru
        Dewpoint, Bird Hazard


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

  • CYAT (NEW)
  • CYPO (NEW)
  • ENVR (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • K82C (NEW)
  • KAJL (NEW)
  • KJHN (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQGA (OLD)
  • KQMR (OLD)
  • KQRB (OLD)
  • KQSF (NEW)
  • KQTC (OLD)
  • KQTM (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LSMV (NEW)
  • URFF (OLD)