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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015031800
Currently using 33293 observations from 4778 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Wed Mar 18 00:44:27 UTC 2015



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

1 station 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 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

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

30 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

2 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

43 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

10 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -40°C to -44°C


1 station 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

5 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

52 stations 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

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

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


3 stations reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

2 stations reporting any freezing rain

11 stations reporting heavy rain

9 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

1 station reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

1 station 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

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

25 stations reporting thunder with rain


3 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


10 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

3 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

2 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

8 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

5 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

10 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

19 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
        Wind, Visibility
  • CYEK: Arviat Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYHK: Gjoa Haven Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYRT: Rankin Inlet, NT, Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • ESNN: Sundsvall-Harnosand Flygplats, Sweden
        Pressure, Visibility
  • ESNU: Umea Flygplats, Sweden
        Pressure, Visibility
  • KBAF: Westfield, Barnes Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KBDL: Windsor Locks, Bradley Intl Arpt, CT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KBOS: Boston, Logan Intl Arpt, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KCON: Concord, Concord Municipal Airport, NH, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KEWR: Newark, Newark Intl Arpt, NJ, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KGON: Groton/New London, CT, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KHPN: White Plains, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KISP: Islip, Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KJFK: JFK Intl Arpt, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KLEW: Auburn-Lewiston, ME, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KLGA: New York, La Guardia Airport, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KLWM: Lawrence, Lawrence Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KMQE: East Milton, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KORH: Worcester, Worcester Regional Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KOWD: Norwood, Norwood Memorial Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KPSM: Pease AFB/Portsmouth, NH, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KPVC: Provincetown, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KPVD: Providence, RI, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KPWM: Portland, Portland International Jetport, ME, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KSFZ: Pawtucket, RI, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KTAN: Taunton, Taunton Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KTEB: Teterboro, Teterboro Airport, NJ, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • RJFK: Kagoshima Airport, Japan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • RJFU: Nagasaki Airport, Japan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • RKPC: Cheju Intl Arpt, Korea, South
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • SPTU: Puerto Maldonado, Peru
        Dewpoint, Bird Hazard
  • ULOO: Pskov, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • YSNW: Nowra Ran Air Stn, Australia
        Wind, Thunderstorm


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

  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • GMTU (NEW)
  • KOZS (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)