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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015022818
Currently using 36132 observations from 4880 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat Feb 28 18:44:43 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

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


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

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

5 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

22 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

23 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -40°C to -44°C


0 stations reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

1 station reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

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

17 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

10 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

293 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

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

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


20 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting any sleet

23 stations reporting any freezing rain

29 stations reporting heavy rain

83 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


25 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

22 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

29 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"

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

8 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

22 stations reporting thunder with rain


3 stations reporting blizzard conditions

4 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

1 station reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 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

18 stations reporting dust or duststorm

4 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

  • CYBK: Baker Lake, NT, Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • CYHK: Gjoa Haven Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYRT: Rankin Inlet, NT, Canada
        Visibility, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • EGPI: Islay, United Kingdom
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KCEZ: Cortez, Cortez-Montezuma County Airport, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KCLW: Clearwater Air Park, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KCVG: Covington / Cincinnati, KY, United States
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KDBQ: Dubuque, Dubuque Regional Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KDVN: Davenport, Davenport Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KEQA: El Dorado, KS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KICT: Wichita, KS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KMCF: Macdill AFB, Fl., FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMIA: Miami, Miami Intl Arpt, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KPIA: Peoria, Greater Peoria Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KSPG: St. Petersburg, Whitted Airport, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KSRR: Ruidoso Regional, NM, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KTPA: Tampa, Tampa Intl Arpt, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KTPF: Tampa, Knight Airport, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • PATC: Tin City Airways Facilities Sector, AK, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PFKT: Brevig Mission Airport, AK, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SPTU: Puerto Maldonado, Peru
        Dewpoint, Bird Hazard
  • URWA: Astrakhan, Russia
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • YPTN: Tindal / Katherine, Australia
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity


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)