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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015052309
Currently using 35757 observations from 4745 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat May 23 09:44:32 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

7 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

52 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

5 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

64 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

9 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

1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -45°C to -49°C

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


1 station reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

3 stations reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

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

80 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

0 stations 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

1 station 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

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

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


3 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

20 stations reporting heavy rain

3 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

0 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"

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

1 station reporting hail

4 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

38 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

21 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


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

0 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

24 stations reporting dust or duststorm

3 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

9 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • DBBB: Cotonou, Benin
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • DXXX: Lome, Togo
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • FNBC: Mbanza, Angola
        Dewpoint, Visibility
  • K2V5: Wray Municipal Airport, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCCU: Copper Mountain, Red Cliff Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thundersnow
  • KFSM: Fort Smith, Fort Smith Regional Airport, AR, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KQGV: ALI AL SEALEM, KUWAIT
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • KQWM: CAMP UDAIRI, KUWAIT
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • KRKR: Poteau, Robert S Kerr Airport, OK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KSUN: Hailey, ID, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thundersnow
  • OEKJ: Al Kharj Ab, Saudi Arabia
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OEKK: Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OERK: King Khaled Intl Arpt, Saudi Arabia
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OIAA: Abadan, Iran
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OIAW: Ahwaz, Iran
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OIFM: Esfahan, Iran
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OIZC: Chahbahar, Iran
        Temperature, Sand/Sandstorm
  • ORMM: Basrah, Iraq
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • PGUM: Agana, Guam Intl Arpt, GU, United States
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • RCKH: Kaohsiung Intl Arpt, Taiwan
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ROIG: Ishigakijima, Japan
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • VAAH: Ahmadabad, India
        Temperature, Smoke
  • VHHH: Hong Kong Inter-National Airport, Hong Kong
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • VIAR: Amritsar, India
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • VILK: Lucknow / Amausi, India
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • VMMC: Taipa, Macau
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • DAER (NEW)
  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ENVR (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • HUKA (OLD)
  • K0S9 (NEW)
  • K18A (NEW)
  • K49A (NEW)
  • K4A7 (NEW)
  • K9A5 (NEW)
  • KAJR (NEW)
  • KCXU (NEW)
  • KCZL (NEW)
  • KEBA (NEW)
  • KJZP (NEW)
  • KLUL (NEW)
  • KMBO (NEW)
  • KOZS (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KRPX (NEW)
  • KTVY (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • OEAR (NEW)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • WAHQ (NEW)
  • WAHS (NEW)
  • WIEE (NEW)
  • YLHI (NEW)