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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015021515
Currently using 36414 observations from 4993 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun Feb 15 15:45:23 UTC 2015



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

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

1 station reporting temperature -45°C to -49°C

5 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

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

28 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


2 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

9 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

9 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

64 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

102 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

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

15 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

7 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

2 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

27 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


32 stations reporting heavy snow

1 station reporting any sleet

4 stations reporting any freezing rain

3 stations reporting heavy rain

43 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


13 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

8 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

6 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"

3 stations reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 1"

1 station 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"

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

1 station 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

14 stations reporting thunder with rain


2 stations reporting blizzard conditions

10 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

67 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


2 stations 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

12 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

13 stations reporting dust or duststorm

8 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

18 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWBV: Beaven Island, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWVU: Brier Island, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZQ: Grand Etang, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYCB: Cambridge Bay, NT, Canada
        Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust, Aurora
  • CYCX: Gagetown Can-Mil, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYQM: Moncton, N. B., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYSJ: Saint John, N. B., Canada
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • DAAY: Mecheria, Algeria
        Wind, Sand/Sandstorm
  • EFRO: Rovaniemi, Finland
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KACK: Nantucket, Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KALB: Albany, Albany Intl Arpt, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KBOS: Boston, Logan Intl Arpt, MA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KCAO: Clayton, Clayton Municipal Airpark, NM, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KEWB: New Bedford, New Bedford Regional Airport, MA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KFZY: Fulton, Oswego County Airport, NY, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KGEG: Spokane, Spokane Intl Arpt, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KGNA: Grand Marais, The Bay of Grand Marais, MN, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KGON: Groton/New London, CT, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KIDA: Idaho Falls, Fanning Field, ID, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KITH: Ithaca / Tompkins County, NY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KMMK: Meriden, CT, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KMRH: Beaufort, Michael J Smith Field Airport, NC, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMVY: Marthas Vineyard Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KOLM: Olympia, Olympia Airport, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KPVD: Providence, RI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KRXE: Rexburg, Rexburg-Madison County Airport, ID, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KWST: Westerly, Westerly State Airport, RI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • NZPG: Pegasus Field, New Zealand
        Wind, Visibility
  • YPDN: Darwin Airport, Australia
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm


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

  • DAOY (NEW)
  • ENVR (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • HUKA (OLD)
  • KQBC (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQGA (OLD)
  • KQRB (OLD)
  • KQSF (NEW)
  • KQTC (OLD)
  • KQTM (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)