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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2015122918
Currently using 39155 observations from 5032 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Dec 29 18:44:54 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

2 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

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

46 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


7 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

12 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

13 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

45 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

18 stations reporting (sustained) wind chill of -40°C to -44°C


0 stations reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

1 station reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

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

32 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

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

12 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

18 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

44 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


14 stations reporting heavy snow

10 stations reporting any sleet

34 stations reporting any freezing rain

18 stations reporting heavy rain

69 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


28 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

25 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

31 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"

2 stations reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 1"

3 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"

1 station 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

1 station reporting hail

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

21 stations reporting thunder with rain


2 stations reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 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

18 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

5 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

22 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWEU: Eureka, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYZG: Salliut Airport Stn, Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • EIWF: Waterford Arpt, Ireland
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • K06D: Rolla, ND, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KAUG: Augusta, Augusta State Airport, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KBED: Bedford, Hanscom Field, MA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KBHB: Bar Harbor, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Visibility
  • KCQX: Chatham, Chatham Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KFIT: Fitchburg, Fitchburg Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KHSP: Hot Springs / Ingalls, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KHWV: Shirley, Brookhaven Airport, NY, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KIJD: Willimantic, Windham Airport, CT, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KLWM: Lawrence, Lawrence Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KMLT: Millinocket, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KORE: Orange, Orange Municipal Airport, MA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KORH: Worcester, Worcester Regional Airport, MA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KPVC: Provincetown, MA, United States
        Pressure Change, Hourly Precip Total
  • KWVL: Waterville, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PAPB: St. George, St. George Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • PATC: Tin City Airways Facilities Sector, AK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • PLCH: Christmas / Cassidy, New Zealand
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SBEK: Jacareacanga, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Smoke
  • SBMY: Manicore, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBTF: Tefe, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • UASP: Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • UNBB: Barnaul, Russia
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity


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

  • BIHU (NEW)
  • 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)