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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015022815
Currently using 36223 observations from 4942 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat Feb 28 15:45:03 UTC 2015



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

1 station reporting temperature -50°C to -54°C

1 station 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

1 station reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

20 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

2 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

12 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

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

6 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

5 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

294 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


13 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting any sleet

18 stations reporting any freezing rain

19 stations reporting heavy rain

69 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


27 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

22 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

27 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"

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

0 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

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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

17 stations reporting thunder with rain


2 stations reporting blizzard conditions

4 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 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

10 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

11 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

21 stations reporting dust or duststorm

6 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

13 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYBK: Baker Lake, NT, Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • CYCY: Clyde, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYEK: Arviat Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYHK: Gjoa Haven Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • GQNN: Nouakchott, Mauritania
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • HSSS: Khartoum, Sudan
        Temperature, Sand/Sandstorm
  • KBCE: Bryce Canyon, Bryce Canyon Airport, UT, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KCVG: Covington / Cincinnati, KY, United States
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KDBQ: Dubuque, Dubuque Regional Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KDEN: Denver, Denver Intl Arpt, CO, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KDUJ: Du Bois, PA, United States
        Pressure, Ice Accretion
  • KDVN: Davenport, Davenport Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KGKJ: Meadville, Port Meadville Airport, PA, United States
        Pressure, Ice Accretion
  • KHWO: Hollywood, North Perry Airport, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KICT: Wichita, KS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KPIA: Peoria, Greater Peoria Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KSPG: St. Petersburg, Whitted Airport, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • SCPQ: Mocopulli, Chile
        Visibility, Smoke
  • URWA: Astrakhan, Russia
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • WAAA: Ujung Pandang / Hasanuddin, Indonesia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


15 unidentified stations (out of a total of 35 documented unknown stations)

  • DAER (NEW)
  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQGA (OLD)
  • KQRB (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTC (OLD)
  • KQTF (NEW)
  • KQTM (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)