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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015082115
Currently using 38036 observations from 5126 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Fri Aug 21 15:44:46 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

28 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

84 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


10 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

21 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

173 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

3 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

6 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


2 stations reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

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

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

98 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

1 station 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


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

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

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

9 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

32 stations reporting heavy rain

1 station reporting unknown precipitation type


1 station reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

1 station 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"

4 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"

3 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

50 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


2 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 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

2 stations reporting volcanic ash

0 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

4 stations reporting dust or duststorm

4 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

44 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYBW: Calgary / Springbank, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • GQPZ: Zoueratt Tazadit, Mauritania
        Temperature, Sand/Sandstorm
  • K11R: Brenham, Brenham Municipal Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBJC: Broomfield / Jeffco, CO, United States
        Visibility, Smoke
  • KBPT: Beaumont / Port Arthur, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBVY: Beverly, Beverly Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBYY: Bay City, Bay City Municipal Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KCIC: Chico Municipal, CA, United States
        Visibility, Smoke
  • KCXO: Conroe, Montgomery County Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KGEG: Spokane, Spokane Intl Arpt, WA, United States
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • KGLS: Galveston, Scholes Field, TX, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KLVJ: Houston, Pearland Regional Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KLWM: Lawrence, Lawrence Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KOWP: Sand Springs, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KPSM: Pease AFB/Portsmouth, NH, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KQAY: CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • KQGV: ALI AL SEALEM, KUWAIT
        Temperature, Pressure Change
  • KQXT: FOB Dwyer, Afghanistan
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • MMVR: Veracruz / Las Bajadas / General Heriberto Jara, Mexico
        Dewpoint, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • OEDR: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • OIBL: Bandar Lengeh, Iran
        Dewpoint, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OIKB: Bandarabbass, Iran
        Dewpoint, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OIKQ: Gheshm Island / Dayrestan, Iran
        Dewpoint, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OKBK: Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • OPSK: Sukkur, Pakistan
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • SBCI: Maranhao / Carolina Airport, Brazil
        Temperature, Smoke
  • VECC: Calcutta / Dum Dum, India
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • VOBL: Bengaluru, India
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • DAOY (OLD)
  • DTNH (NEW)
  • ENVR (NEW)
  • EPBY (NEW)
  • EPLB (NEW)
  • EPMO (NEW)
  • ESNV (NEW)
  • ESST (NEW)
  • ESUP (NEW)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • HESG (NEW)
  • HUKA (OLD)
  • K0S9 (NEW)
  • K18A (NEW)
  • K49A (NEW)
  • K4A7 (NEW)
  • K7W6 (NEW)
  • K9A5 (NEW)
  • KAJR (NEW)
  • KCXU (NEW)
  • KCZL (NEW)
  • KEBA (NEW)
  • KEKS (NEW)
  • KJAU (NEW)
  • KJZP (NEW)
  • KLUL (NEW)
  • KMBO (NEW)
  • KOZS (NEW)
  • KQAL (NEW)
  • KQAT (NEW)
  • KQBG (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQFI (NEW)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTA (NEW)
  • KQVT (NEW)
  • KQXH (NEW)
  • KRPX (NEW)
  • KTVY (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LESU (NEW)
  • LPCS (NEW)
  • LTCB (NEW)
  • LTCW (NEW)
  • LTFK (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MMES (NEW)
  • MMPE (NEW)
  • MMSM (NEW)
  • OEAR (NEW)
  • OITP (NEW)
  • SAWT (NEW)
  • SBSG (NEW)
  • SEGS (NEW)
  • SEJD (NEW)
  • SENL (NEW)
  • SERB (NEW)
  • SERO (NEW)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • VEBN (NEW)
  • WAHS (NEW)
  • WAQQ (NEW)
  • WIEE (NEW)
  • YLHI (NEW)