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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015122021
Currently using 34520 observations from 4851 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun Dec 20 21:44:34 UTC 2015



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

0 stations reporting temperature -50°C to -54°C

1 station reporting temperature -45°C to -49°C

3 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

0 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

28 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

5 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

38 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

6 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -50°C to -54°C

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

23 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

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

16 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

28 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1060mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1055-1059mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1054mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


0 stations reporting 3-hourly pressure fall of 10mb or greater

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

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

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


9 stations reporting heavy snow

1 station reporting any sleet

7 stations reporting any freezing rain

11 stations reporting heavy rain

25 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


9 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

4 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

18 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"

0 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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

15 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 stations 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

1 station reporting volcanic ash

15 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

5 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

25 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWEF: Saint Paul Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWRN: Hart Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZQ: Grand Etang, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • FMMT: Tamatave, Madagascar
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • FMNM: Majunga, Madagascar
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • K5SM: Sunlight, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KBIL: Billings, Billings Logan Intl Arpt, MT, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KBTM: Butte, Bert Mooney Airport, MT, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KCCU: Copper Mountain, Red Cliff Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KHON: Huron, Huron Regional Airport, SD, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KLXV: Leadville, Lake County Airport, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KMWH: Moses Lake, Grant County Airport, WA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KONO: Ontario, Ontario Municipal Airport, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • LFVP: Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
        Wind, Visibility
  • PADK: Adak Island, Adak Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • SBBE: Belem Aeroporto, Brazil
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • SPTU: Puerto Maldonado, Peru
        Dewpoint, Bird Hazard
  • YHID: Horn Island, Australia
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity


22 unidentified stations (out of a total of 59 documented unknown stations)

  • DAOY (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KQAL (OLD)
  • KQAT (OLD)
  • KQBG (OLD)
  • KQBT (OLD)
  • KQFG (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTA (OLD)
  • KQXH (OLD)
  • KQXY (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • PTR0 (NEW)
  • SERO (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • VEBN (OLD)