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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015030303
Currently using 34184 observations from 4623 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Mar 3 03:44:28 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

1 station reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

21 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

1 station reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

17 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

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

28 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

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

2 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

1 station reporting 3-hourly pressure rise of 10mb or greater


13 stations reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

2 stations reporting any freezing rain

12 stations reporting heavy rain

43 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


1 station reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

1 station reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

2 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"

0 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

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

7 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

10 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

50 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


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

2 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

9 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

1 station reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

16 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYYH: Spence Bay Airport, Canada
        Visibility, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • K0CO: Berthoud Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • K7BM: Cottonwood Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thundersnow
  • KCDC: Cedar City, Cedar City Municipal Airport, UT, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thundersnow
  • KGUP: Gallup, Gallup Municipal Airport, NM, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KLVS: Las Vegas, Las Vegas Municipal Airport, NM, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KPSO: Stevens Field, CO, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KRIL: Rifle, Garfield County Regional Airport, CO, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KTEX: Telluride, Telluride Regional Airport, CO, United States
        Thundersnow, Visibility
  • KVTP: La Veta Mountain, La Veta Pass, CO, United States
        Wind, Thundersnow
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • ZYHB: Harbin, China
        Visibility, Smoke


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

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