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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015122218
Currently using 41237 observations from 5023 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Dec 22 18:44:45 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

1 station 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

42 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

4 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

28 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

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

24 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

33 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

9 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

2 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

0 stations 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

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

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

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


8 stations reporting heavy snow

1 station reporting any sleet

4 stations reporting any freezing rain

73 stations reporting heavy rain

31 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


20 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

30 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

34 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"

2 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 3" or greater

0 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

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

9 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 0.5-0.99"

3 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

21 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

1 station reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

9 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

20 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

6 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

18 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYDQ: Dawson Creek Airport, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYQV: Yorkton, Sask., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • EKVG: Soervaag / Vagar, Denmark
        Wind, Pressure
  • FMMT: Tamatave, Madagascar
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KAVX: Avalon, Catalina Airport, CA, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KCHS: Charleston, Charleston AFB, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KEAT: Wenatchee, Pangborn Memorial Airport, WA, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KEDW: Edwards AFB, CA, United States
        Visibility, Dust/Duststorm
  • KETC: Tarboro, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KEYF: Elizabethtown, Curtis L Brown Jr. Field Airport, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KFLO: Florence, Florence Regional Airport, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KGAD: Gadsden Municipal, AL, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • KGHB: Garden Banks172, LA, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KHYW: Horry, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KJNX: Smithfield, Johnston County Airport, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLBT: Lumberton, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLWD: Lamoni, Lamoni Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMAO: Marion, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KMFI: Marshfield, Marshfield Municipal Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KNCA: Jacksonville MCAS, NC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KOJC: Olathe, Johnson County Executive Airport, KS, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KPVC: Provincetown, MA, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • KSPF: Spearfish / Clyde Ice, SD, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • OEBH: Bisha, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • SAWG: Rio Gallegos Aerodrome, Argentina
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • SPME: Tumbes, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • UOOO: Alykel, Russia
        Wind, Visibility


25 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)
  • KQVT (NEW)
  • KQXH (OLD)
  • KQXY (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LTCW (NEW)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MMPE (NEW)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • SERO (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • VEBN (OLD)
  • YAYT (OLD)