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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015121615
Currently using 37743 observations from 5141 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Wed Dec 16 15:44:32 UTC 2015



0 stations 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

1 station reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

0 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

46 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

0 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

8 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


0 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -55°C or colder

1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -50°C to -54°C

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

4 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

1 station reporting heat index of 45°C to 49°C

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


0 stations reporting sea level pressure < 940mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 940mb - 949mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 959mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure >= 1060mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1055-1059mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1054mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


19 stations reporting heavy snow

6 stations reporting any sleet

11 stations reporting any freezing rain

28 stations reporting heavy rain

66 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


13 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

8 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

25 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"

1 station 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"

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

10 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

0 stations reporting hail

11 stations reporting thundersnow

1 station reporting thundersleet

24 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


6 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 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

10 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

9 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

5 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

29 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYZS: Coral Harbour, NT, Canada
        Visibility, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • KAUW: Wausau, Wausau Downtown Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KBQP: Bastrop Morehouse, LA, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KDRI: De Ridder, Beauregard Parish Airport, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KFCM: Minneapolis, Flying Cloud Airport, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KGLH: Greenville, Mid Delta Regional Airport, MS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHIB: Hibbing, Chisholm-Hibbing Airport, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KHON: Huron, Huron Regional Airport, SD, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMFI: Marshfield, Marshfield Municipal Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMIC: Minneapolis, Crystal Airport, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KMLF: Milford, Milford Municipal Airport, UT, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KRHI: Rhinelander, Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KSTC: St Cloud, St Cloud Regional Airport, MN, United States
        Thundersnow, Ice Accretion
  • KSTP: St. Paul, St. Paul Downtown Holman Field, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • SAOC: Rio Cuarto Aerodrome, Argentina
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm


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

  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • K22N (NEW)
  • K46U (NEW)
  • K4V0 (NEW)
  • K9A5 (NEW)
  • KAJR (NEW)
  • KBYL (NEW)
  • KCKZ (NEW)
  • KCXU (NEW)
  • KCZL (NEW)
  • KEBA (NEW)
  • KEKS (NEW)
  • KHME (NEW)
  • KHQG (NEW)
  • KJAU (NEW)
  • KJWN (NEW)
  • KJZP (NEW)
  • KK88 (NEW)
  • KLUL (NEW)
  • KMBO (NEW)
  • KMNV (NEW)
  • KOZS (NEW)
  • KPIM (NEW)
  • KPMU (NEW)
  • KQAL (NEW)
  • KQAT (NEW)
  • KQBG (NEW)
  • KQBT (NEW)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQHU (NEW)
  • KQMC (NEW)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTA (NEW)
  • KQXH (NEW)
  • KQXY (NEW)
  • KRLD (NEW)
  • KRPX (NEW)
  • KTKX (NEW)
  • KTVY (NEW)
  • KX60 (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LPCS (NEW)
  • LTCB (NEW)
  • LTCW (NEW)
  • LTFK (NEW)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MMES (NEW)
  • MMPE (NEW)
  • MMSM (NEW)
  • OEAR (NEW)
  • OITP (NEW)
  • SEGS (NEW)
  • SEJD (NEW)
  • SENL (NEW)
  • SERB (NEW)
  • SERO (NEW)
  • SESG (NEW)
  • SPJC (NEW)
  • UKOH (NEW)
  • UKWW (NEW)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • URMG (NEW)
  • UUBC (NEW)
  • VEBN (NEW)
  • VEDG (NEW)
  • VEKO (NEW)
  • VERP (NEW)
  • VLLN (NEW)
  • VLPS (NEW)
  • WIEE (NEW)
  • YAYT (NEW)
  • YLHI (NEW)