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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015050418
Currently using 34810 observations from 4993 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Mon May 4 18:44:24 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

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

32 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

53 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

1 station reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

16 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

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

0 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

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

44 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

0 stations 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

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

2 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

0 stations reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

19 stations reporting heavy rain

1 station reporting unknown precipitation type


2 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

2 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

2 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"

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

2 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 0.5-0.99"

1 station 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"


1 station reporting tornado, funnel cloud or waterspout

0 stations reporting mammatus cloud

0 stations reporting hail

1 station reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

29 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


2 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station 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

10 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

4 stations reporting volcanic ash

3 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

24 stations reporting dust or duststorm

4 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

  • CWUW: Dewar Lakes, NT, Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • CYZG: Salliut Airport Stn, Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • DRRN: Niamey-Aero, Niger
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • DRRT: Tahoua, Niger
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • DRZA: Agadez, Niger
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • DTTN: Jendouba, Tunisia
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • GOOG: Linguere, Senegal
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • GOSP: Podor, Senegal
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • K4BM: Wilkerson Pass, CO, United States
        Thundersnow, Visibility
  • KAZC: Colorado City, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KQL5: JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KTCC: Tucumcari, Tucumcari Municipal Airport, NM, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • MUCL: Cayo Largo Del Sur, Cuba
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • SPMS: Yurimaguas, Peru
        Dewpoint, Bird Hazard
  • SPTU: Puerto Maldonado, Peru
        Dewpoint, Bird Hazard
  • VVNB: Ha Noi, Vietnam
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • CFP7 (NEW)
  • DAER (NEW)
  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • K0S9 (NEW)
  • K18A (NEW)
  • K49A (NEW)
  • K9A5 (NEW)
  • KAJR (NEW)
  • KCXU (NEW)
  • KCZL (NEW)
  • KEBA (NEW)
  • KJZP (NEW)
  • KMBO (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OEAR (NEW)
  • SEGS (NEW)
  • SEJD (NEW)
  • SENL (NEW)
  • SERB (NEW)
  • SERO (NEW)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • YLHI (NEW)