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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015030521
Currently using 37038 observations from 4893 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Mar 5 21:44:40 UTC 2015



1 station reporting temperature -55°C or colder

0 stations 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


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

29 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

8 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

57 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

19 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

14 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

22 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


35 stations reporting heavy snow

7 stations reporting any sleet

9 stations reporting any freezing rain

66 stations reporting heavy rain

61 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


7 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

6 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"

9 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"

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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

29 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

16 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

11 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

16 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

9 stations reporting dust or duststorm

8 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

15 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYTQ: Tasiujaq A, Canada
        Wind, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • KAIK: Aiken, SC, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KBBP: Bennettsville, SC, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KCAE: Columbia, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • 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
  • KEZF: Fredericksburg, Shannon Airport, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KFAY: Fayetteville, NC, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KFBG: Fort Bragg, NC, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KFLO: Florence, Florence Regional Airport, SC, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KILG: Wilmington, New Castle County Airport, DE, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLGA: New York, La Guardia Airport, NY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KPOB: Pope AFB, NC, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KRCZ: Rockingham, NC, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KROA: Roanoke, Roanoke Regional Airport, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KSNC: Chester, CT, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KTRI: Bristol, TN, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • LATI: Tirana, Albania
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • MMRX: Reynosa Intl Arpt, Mexico
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • 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
  • SAVC: Comodoro Rivadavia Aerodrome, Argentina
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • SAWE: Rio Grande B. A., Argentina
        Wind, Sand/Sandstorm
  • SBCZ: Cruzeiro Do Sul, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBHT: Altamira, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBLO: Londrina Aeroporto, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBTF: Tefe, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity


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

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