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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2017121715
Currently using 36306 observations from 5154 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun Dec 17 15:56:45 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

0 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

0 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

20 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

2 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

8 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

34 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

9 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

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

17 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

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

2 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1060mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1055-1059mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1054mb

4 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

12 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


3 stations reporting heavy snow

4 stations reporting any sleet

9 stations reporting any freezing rain

37 stations reporting heavy rain

32 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


31 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

27 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

37 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

1 station reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

5 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 1-1.99"

7 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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

29 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station 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

12 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

10 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

7 stations reporting dust or duststorm

1 station reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

23 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
  • CYCO: Coppermine, NT, Canada
        Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust, Aurora
  • CYQL: Lethbridge, Alta., Canada
        Wind, Visibility
  • K6S0: Big Timber, MT, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • K7N0: New Orleans Downtown, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KASD: Slidell, Slidell Airport, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBTR: Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KBUR: Burbank, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, CA, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • KBXA: Bogalusa, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBZN: Bozeman, Gallatin Field, MT, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KCMA: Camarillo, Camarillo Airport, CA, United States
        Wind, Smoke
  • KHBG: Hattiesburg, MS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KHZR: New Roads, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLAR: Laramie, Laramie Regional Airport, WY, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KLVM: Livingston, Mission Field Airport, MT, United States
        Wind, Ice Accretion
  • KMSY: New Orleans, LA, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KOLS: Nogales, Nogales Intl Arpt, AZ, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KPHX: Phoenix, Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Arpt, AZ, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KPMU: Batesville, MS, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • KPTN: Patterson Memorial, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • LTBJ: Izmir / Adnan Menderes, Turkey
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • MMHO: Hermosillo, Son., Mexico
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • SARP: Posadas Aero., Argentina
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • SASA: Salta Aerodrome, Argentina
        Thunderstorm, Dust/Duststorm
  • UAUU: Kostanay, Kazakhstan
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UNBB: Barnaul, Russia
        Pressure, Visibility
  • UNOO: Omsk, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • WAQQ: Tarakan/Juwata, Indonesia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


65 unidentified stations (out of a total of 120 documented unknown stations)

  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • FDMV (OLD)
  • GOBD (NEW)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • K06C (NEW)
  • K18H (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1AW (OLD)
  • K1BN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1CN (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1DW (OLD)
  • K1EN (OLD)
  • K1FN (OLD)
  • K1FW (OLD)
  • K1GN (OLD)
  • K1HN (OLD)
  • K1IN (OLD)
  • K1IW (OLD)
  • K1JN (OLD)
  • K1KN (OLD)
  • K1LN (OLD)
  • K1MN (OLD)
  • K1NN (OLD)
  • K1ON (OLD)
  • K27K (NEW)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • KBRY (NEW)
  • KCCB (NEW)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (NEW)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQKT (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQOV (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KRKW (NEW)
  • KSDC (NEW)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LBIA (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • VASU (NEW)
  • YAYT (OLD)