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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015031212
Currently using 37547 observations from 5034 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Mar 12 12:44:51 UTC 2015



1 station reporting temperature -55°C or colder

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 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

35 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


3 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

4 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

11 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

40 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

54 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

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

10 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

2 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

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

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


1 station reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

3 stations reporting any freezing rain

19 stations reporting heavy rain

8 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


17 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

12 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

18 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"

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

6 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"

1 station 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

33 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

0 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


3 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

6 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

15 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

24 stations reporting dust or duststorm

13 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

  • CYCB: Cambridge Bay, NT, Canada
        Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust, Aurora
  • CYCO: Coppermine, NT, Canada
        Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust, Aurora
  • CYMH: Mary's Harbour, Canada
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • DIAP: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • GQNN: Nouakchott, Mauritania
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • GQPA: Atar, Mauritania
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • KASH: Nashua / Boire Field, NH, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KCKB: Clarksburg, Clarksburg Benedum Airport, WV, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KCON: Concord, Concord Municipal Airport, NH, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KDAY: Dayton, Cox Dayton Intl Arpt, OH, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KDRI: De Ridder, Beauregard Parish Airport, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KGLS: Galveston, Scholes Field, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KILN: Wilmington, Airborne Airpark Airport, OH, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KJAS: Jasper, Jasper County-Bell Field Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLAF: Lafayette, Purdue University Airport, IN, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KLVJ: Houston, Pearland Regional Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMGY: Dayton, Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, OH, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KMNE: Minden, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMNN: Marion, Marion Municipal Airport, OH, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KPUJ: Dallas, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • OESK: Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OETR: Turaif, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • PASC: Deadhorse, Deadhorse Airport, AK, United States
        Temperature, Aurora
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PKWA: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • UATE: Aktau, Kazakhstan
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • WBGY: Simanggang, Malaysia
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • YBWP: Weipa City, Australia
        Dewpoint, Wind
  • YBWX: Barrow Island, Australia
        Dewpoint, Wind
  • YPLM: Learmonth Airport, Australia
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity


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

  • DAER (NEW)
  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • KOZS (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTC (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)