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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2016123006
Currently using 38312 observations from 4895 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Fri Dec 30 06:44:40 UTC 2016



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

5 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

2 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

35 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

7 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

11 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

47 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

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

14 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

13 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

14 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

23 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


30 stations reporting heavy snow

1 station reporting any sleet

9 stations reporting any freezing rain

8 stations reporting heavy rain

46 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


12 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

12 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

16 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"

5 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"

2 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

0 stations reporting hail

2 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

11 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

4 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

75 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


2 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

3 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

6 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

6 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

15 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • BIAR: Akureyri, Iceland
        Wind, Pressure
  • BIEG: Egilsstadir, Iceland
        Wind, Pressure
  • CWBV: Beaven Island, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWEU: Eureka, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CWHO: Hopedale, Canada
        Pressure Change, Hourly Precip Total
  • CWRN: Hart Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWVU: Brier Island, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZQ: Grand Etang, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CXLB: Lunenburg, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYCB: Cambridge Bay, NT, Canada
        Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust, Aurora
  • CYCX: Gagetown Can-Mil, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • EGPM: Scatsa / Shetland Island, United Kingdom
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ENDR: Draugen, Norway
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KCAR: Caribou, Caribou Municipal Airport, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KMHT: Manchester, Manchester Airport, NH, United States
        Pressure Change, Snowincrease
  • KMLT: Millinocket, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KPQI: Presque Isle, ME, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KPSM: Pease AFB/Portsmouth, NH, United States
        Pressure Change, Snowincrease
  • KRKD: Rockland / Knox, ME, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • MMTM: Tampico / Gen Fj Mina, Mexico
        Pressure Change, Dust/Duststorm
  • NSFA: Faleolo Intl / Apia, Samoa
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PALU: Cape Lisburne, Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • PAQT: Nuiqsut, Nuiqsut Airport, AK, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • PASA: Savoonga Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PASN: St. Paul Island, St. Paul Island Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Ice Accretion
  • PATC: Tin City Airways Facilities Sector, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • PAWI: Wainwright, Wainwright Airport, AK, United States
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PTKR: Koror, Palau, NWS Office, Palau
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • WARR: Juanda, Indonesia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


43 unidentified stations (out of a total of 100 documented unknown stations)

  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1BN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1CN (OLD)
  • K1CW (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1DW (OLD)
  • K1EN (OLD)
  • K1EW (OLD)
  • K1FN (OLD)
  • K1FW (OLD)
  • K1GN (OLD)
  • K1HN (OLD)
  • K1HW (OLD)
  • K1IN (OLD)
  • K1IW (OLD)
  • K1JN (OLD)
  • K1KN (OLD)
  • K1LN (OLD)
  • K1MN (OLD)
  • K1NN (OLD)
  • K1ON (OLD)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KQC5 (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQJB (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN2 (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KXNT (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)