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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015030518
Currently using 36169 observations from 4994 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Mar 5 18:44:45 UTC 2015



1 station 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

4 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

29 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

2 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

11 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

54 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

31 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

12 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

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

25 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

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

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


37 stations reporting heavy snow

15 stations reporting any sleet

14 stations reporting any freezing rain

81 stations reporting heavy rain

63 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


7 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

2 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+"

1 station reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 2"

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

0 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 3" or greater

1 station reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

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

4 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

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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

16 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 stations 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

12 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

19 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

9 stations reporting dust or duststorm

8 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

17 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWGZ: Grise Fiord Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYTQ: Tasiujaq A, Canada
        Wind, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • FOOG: Port-Gentil, Gabon
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KBKB: Fullerton, LA, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KBLF: Bluefield, Mercer County Airport, WV, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KBWI: Baltimore, MD, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KCHO: Charlottesville, Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KCLT: Charlotte, Charlotte / Douglas Intl Arpt, NC, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KDCA: Reagan National Airport, DC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KEWR: Newark, Newark Intl Arpt, NJ, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KGNA: Grand Marais, The Bay of Grand Marais, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Hourly Precip Total
  • KHSP: Hot Springs / Ingalls, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KLGA: New York, La Guardia Airport, NY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KMDT: Harrisburg, Harrisburg Intl Arpt, PA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KSNC: Chester, CT, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • LATI: Tirana, Albania
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • LYUZ: Uzice-ponikve, Serbia and Montenegro
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • MMVR: Veracruz / Las Bajadas / General Heriberto Jara, Mexico
        Wind, Sand/Sandstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • SAWE: Rio Grande B. A., Argentina
        Wind, Sand/Sandstorm
  • SBCZ: Cruzeiro Do Sul, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SGES: Aeropuerto Guarany, Paraguay
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • BIHU (NEW)
  • DAER (NEW)
  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ENVR (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • KOZS (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQRB (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTC (OLD)
  • KQTF (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)