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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015081515
Currently using 25419 observations from 4870 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat Aug 15 15:44:33 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

1 station reporting temperature 50°C to 54°C

25 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

75 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


2 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

20 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

112 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

5 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

1 station 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

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

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

83 stations reporting heat index of 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting sea level pressure < 950mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 960mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1070mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1060-1069mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1059mb

3 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

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

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


0 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting any sleet

0 stations reporting any freezing rain

19 stations reporting heavy rain

0 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"

1 station 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"


1 station reporting tornado, funnel cloud or waterspout

0 stations reporting mammatus cloud

0 stations reporting hail

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

68 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


1 station reporting visibility of zero

38 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

8 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

2 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

11 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

  • CYFS: Fort Simpson, NT, Canada
        Visibility, Dust/Duststorm
  • KBAZ: New Braunfels, TX, United States
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KFLL: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, FL, United States
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KGEG: Spokane, Spokane Intl Arpt, WA, United States
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KHIB: Hibbing, Chisholm-Hibbing Airport, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Visibility
  • KMTH: Marathon, Marathon Airport, FL, United States
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KNPA: Pensacola, Naval Air Stn, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KPSC: Pasco, Tri-Cities Airport, WA, United States
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KQAT: UNKNOWN,
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • MMCL: Culiacan, Sin., Mexico
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • MMMA: Matamoros International, Mexico
        Dewpoint, Smoke
  • MMMZ: Mazatlan / G. Buelna, Mexico
        3/6-Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • MMUN: Cancun Intl Arpt, Mexico
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OIBQ: Khark Island, Iran
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • OMAD: Abu Dhabi Bateen, United Arab Emirates
        Dewpoint, Dust/Duststorm
  • OMDW: Al Maktoum Intl, United Arab Emirates
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OPMT: Multan, Pakistan
        Thunderstorm, Smoke
  • OSDI: Damascus Int. Airport, Syria
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • PGSN: Saipan Island, Saipan Intl Arpt, United States
        Dewpoint, Wind
  • RODN: Kadena Ab, Japan
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ROTM: Futenma Marine Corps Air Facility, Japan
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SAWE: Rio Grande B. A., Argentina
        Wind, Pressure
  • SCRM: Teniente Rodolfo, Antarctica
        Wind, Pressure
  • SPCL: Pucallpa, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • WMKM: Malacca, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ESNV (NEW)
  • ESST (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • HUKA (OLD)
  • K18A (NEW)
  • K49A (NEW)
  • K4A7 (NEW)
  • K9A5 (NEW)
  • KAJR (NEW)
  • KCXU (NEW)
  • KCZL (NEW)
  • KEBA (NEW)
  • KEKS (NEW)
  • KJAU (NEW)
  • KJZP (NEW)
  • KLUL (NEW)
  • KQAL (NEW)
  • KQAT (NEW)
  • KQBG (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTA (NEW)
  • KQVT (NEW)
  • KRPX (NEW)
  • KTVY (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OEAR (NEW)
  • OITP (NEW)
  • SEGS (NEW)
  • SEJD (NEW)
  • SENL (NEW)
  • SERB (NEW)
  • SERO (NEW)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • WAQQ (NEW)
  • WIEE (NEW)
  • YLHI (NEW)