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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015031515
Currently using 36486 observations from 4948 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun Mar 15 15:44:42 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

3 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

5 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

2 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

41 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

6 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

25 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

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

44 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

19 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

7 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

8 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

126 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1049mb


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

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

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

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


9 stations reporting heavy snow

5 stations reporting any sleet

9 stations reporting any freezing rain

8 stations reporting heavy rain

18 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


4 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

2 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

13 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"

1 station 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"

0 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"

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

1 station reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

21 stations reporting thunder with rain


4 stations reporting blizzard conditions

7 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

1 station reporting visibility 50-74 miles


3 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

11 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

2 stations reporting volcanic ash

8 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

8 stations reporting dust or duststorm

3 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

12 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWBV: Beaven Island, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZQ: Grand Etang, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CXLB: Lunenburg, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CXMI: McNabs Island , N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYPD: Port Hawkesbury, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYTE: Cape Dorset, NT, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • FTTJ: Ndjamena, Chad
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KRHI: Rhinelander, Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • LTAR: Sivas, Turkey
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • Mini: UNKNOWN,
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • OPLA: Lahore Airport, Pakistan
        Thunderstorm, Smoke
  • PASN: St. Paul Island, St. Paul Island Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SBNF: Ministro Victor Konder Intl, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • VOCI: Cochin Intl, India
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WMKK: Sepang/KL Intl Arpt, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

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