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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2017101815
Currently using 35006 observations from 5289 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Wed Oct 18 15:46:39 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

12 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

4 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

110 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

4 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

8 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

29 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -50°C to -54°C

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

0 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

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

57 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

8 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


0 stations reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

14 stations reporting heavy rain

16 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

3 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"

0 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"

1 station 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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

21 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


2 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

4 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

12 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

3 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

38 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWRO: Rose Spit, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWRU: Solander Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWWL: Bonilla Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYPG: Portage Southport A, Canada
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • CYQD: The Pas, Man., Canada
        Wind, Pressure
  • GQNO: UNKNOWN,
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • KEKN: Elkins, WV, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • MDLR: La Romana Intl Arpt, Dominican Republic
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • MDSD: Las Americas, Dominican Republic
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • MHRO: Roatan, Honduras
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • OIZH: Zahedan, Iran
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • PASI: Sitka, Sitka Airport, AK, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • PGSN: Saipan Island, Saipan Intl Arpt, United States
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SBEK: Jacareacanga, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SCRM: Teniente Rodolfo, Antarctica
        Wind, Visibility
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • VOMM: Madras / Minambakkam, India
        Dewpoint, Smoke


66 unidentified stations (out of a total of 118 documented unknown stations)

  • EGCK (NEW)
  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • FNDU (NEW)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • K17J (NEW)
  • K18H (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1AW (OLD)
  • K1BN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1CN (OLD)
  • K1CW (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1DW (OLD)
  • K1EN (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)
  • K2J3 (NEW)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • KC65 (NEW)
  • KC83 (NEW)
  • KD73 (NEW)
  • KFRH (NEW)
  • KHCR (NEW)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KMBY (NEW)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQKT (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • KRAW (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • TJRV (NEW)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • YAYT (OLD)