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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2017022318
Currently using 39964 observations from 5186 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Feb 23 18:44:48 UTC 2017



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

3 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

39 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

9 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

37 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

137 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

32 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

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

26 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

62 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


26 stations reporting heavy snow

7 stations reporting any sleet

18 stations reporting any freezing rain

17 stations reporting heavy rain

34 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


14 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

16 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

21 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"

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

2 stations reporting hail

2 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

31 stations reporting thunder with rain


2 stations reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station 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

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

16 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

15 stations reporting dust or duststorm

5 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

21 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CBBC: Bella Bella, BC, Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • CYWA: Petawawa, Ont., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • DRRM: Maradi, Niger
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • DRZR: Zinder, Niger
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • EDDH: Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel, Germany
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • EDHI: Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Germany
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • EETN: Tallinn, Estonia
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • EGUL: Lakenheath Royal AFB, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • EGUN: Mildenhall Royal AFB, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • EGVA: Fairford Royal AFB, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • EHAK: A12-cpp Sea, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHDV: D15-FA-1 Oil Platform, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHJR: Platform K13-A, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHKV: Platform K14-FA-1C, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHLW: Leeuwarden, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHQE: Hoorn-a Sea, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • EHVL: Vlieland, Netherlands
        Wind, Pressure
  • ESNU: Umea Flygplats, Sweden
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • ESNZ: Ostersund Froson, Sweden
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ETNH: Hohn, Germany
        Pressure, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ETNS: Schleswig-Jagel, Germany
        Wind, Pressure
  • FJDG: Diego Garcia, British Territory
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • K0CO: Berthoud Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KFWZ: South Pass, WY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KHIO: Portland, Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KLBB: Lubbock, Lubbock Intl Arpt, TX, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KSPB: Scappoose, Scappoose Industrial Airpark, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • NSTU: Pago Pago, US Minor Outlying Islands
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PAVL: Kivalina, Kivalina Airport, AK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • SPCL: Pucallpa, Peru
        Thunderstorm, Bird Hazard


61 unidentified stations (out of a total of 105 documented unknown stations)

  • EGMW (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • GMNM (NEW)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • HEDF (OLD)
  • K19S (NEW)
  • 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)
  • K6S0 (NEW)
  • KGPC (NEW)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQC5 (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQJB (OLD)
  • KQN2 (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KXNT (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • NZFX (NEW)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • TVSA (NEW)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • YAYT (OLD)