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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2017022821
Currently using 38763 observations from 5109 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Tue Feb 28 21:44:47 UTC 2017



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

4 stations reporting temperature -40°C to -44°C

0 stations reporting temperature 55°C or warmer

1 station 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

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

25 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

2 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

14 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

71 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

38 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

10 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

44 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

7 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

13 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

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

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


13 stations reporting heavy snow

3 stations reporting any sleet

3 stations reporting any freezing rain

37 stations reporting heavy rain

35 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


3 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

2 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

9 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"

1 station 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"

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

7 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

73 stations reporting thunder with rain


3 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

42 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

11 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

28 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

13 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

19 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • BGBW: Narsarsuaq, Greenland
        Wind, Pressure
  • CWEU: Eureka, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CWRZ: Cap D'Espoir , Que., Canada
        Pressure Change, Hourly Precip Total
  • CYXZ: Wawa, Ont., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • ENHM: Heimdal Oilp, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • GAKD: Kayes, Mali
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • KAEG: Albuquerque, Double Eagle II Airport, NM, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KCEZ: Cortez, Cortez-Montezuma County Airport, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KCHA: Chattanooga, Lovell Field, TN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCMD: Cullman, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCRW: Charleston, Yeager Airport, WV, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCVG: Covington / Cincinnati, KY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCVS: Cannon AFB / Clovis, NM, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KELP: El Paso, El Paso Intl Arpt, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KHMN: Holloman AFB, NM, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KHNB: Huntingburg, IN, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KHSV: Huntsville, Huntsville International / Jones Field, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KJFZ: Tazewell, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMFI: Marshfield, Marshfield Municipal Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Visibility
  • KTYS: Knoxville, McGhee Tyson Airport, TN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • LIVC: Monte Cimone, Italy
        Wind, Visibility
  • LIVP: Paganella, Italy
        Wind, Visibility
  • MMCS: Ciudad Juarez International, Mexico
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OESK: Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia
        Thunderstorm, Dust/Duststorm
  • PAAD: Point Thomson Airstrip Deadhorse, AK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • SAVC: Comodoro Rivadavia Aerodrome, Argentina
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • SAWG: Rio Gallegos Aerodrome, Argentina
        Pressure, Thunderstorm
  • SLJE: San Jose De Chiquitos, Bolivia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • URWA: Astrakhan, Russia
        Visibility, Smoke
  • WSSS: Singapore / Changi Airport, Singapore
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm


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

  • EGMW (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • GQNO (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)
  • K2LS (NEW)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • K6S0 (NEW)
  • KGPC (NEW)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQC5 (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQJB (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN2 (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KQXS (NEW)
  • KXNT (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • NZFX (NEW)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • TVSA (NEW)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)