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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018022215
Currently using 37647 observations from 5153 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Feb 22 15:46:47 UTC 2018



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

0 stations reporting temperature 50°C to 54°C

0 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

9 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

29 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

1 station reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

8 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

23 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

11 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

3 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

67 stations 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

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

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


15 stations reporting heavy snow

11 stations reporting any sleet

52 stations reporting any freezing rain

43 stations reporting heavy rain

115 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


58 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

48 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

57 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"

5 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"

2 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

21 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

65 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

2 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


2 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

23 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

6 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

24 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • BGTL: Thule A. B., Greenland
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • CYHK: Gjoa Haven Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYYH: Spence Bay Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • KAEX: Alexandria, Alexandria Intl Arpt, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KAFW: Fort Worth, Fort Worth Alliance Airport, TX, United States
        Thunderstorm, Ice Accretion
  • KAJR: Cornelia, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KGDJ: Granbury, Granbury Municipal Airport, TX, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KGNA: Grand Marais, The Bay of Grand Marais, MN, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KGTU: Georgetown, TX, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KGVT: Greenville / Majors, TX, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KINJ: Hillsboro, Hillsboro Municipal Airport, TX, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KJSO: Jacksonville, Cherokee County Airport, TX, United States
        Thunderstorm, Visibility
  • KJWY: Midlothian/Waxahachie, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLWD: Lamoni, Lamoni Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMSL: Muscle Shoals, North West Alabama Regional Airport, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KOJC: Olathe, Johnson County Executive Airport, KS, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KP59: Copper Harbor, MI, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KPIA: Peoria, Greater Peoria Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KRHI: Rhinelander, WI, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • KRYW: Lago Vista-Allen, TX, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • PHTO: Hilo, Hilo Intl Arpt, HI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • RKSI: Incheon Intl Arpt, Korea, South
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • SBFZ: Fortaleza / pinto Martins, Brazil
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • SBTK: Tarauaca, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Visibility
  • VAJJ: Mumbai Bombay Juhu, India
        Dewpoint, Smoke


57 unidentified stations (out of a total of 136 documented unknown stations)

  • DTTH (NEW)
  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • 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)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • KDSF (OLD)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KQAH (NEW)
  • KQBD (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWU (OLD)
  • KQWV (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • VASD (OLD)
  • YAYT (OLD)