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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018022218
Currently using 37225 observations from 5129 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Feb 22 18:46:36 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

4 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

2 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

18 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

2 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

14 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

11 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

1 station reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

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

8 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

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

71 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

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

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


22 stations reporting heavy snow

11 stations reporting any sleet

43 stations reporting any freezing rain

28 stations reporting heavy rain

111 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


42 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

48 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

59 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"

2 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"

8 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

20 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

64 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


5 stations reporting visibility of zero

22 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

10 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

24 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

5 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

19 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
        Wind, Pressure
  • BIKF: Keflavikurflugvollur, Iceland
        Wind, Visibility
  • CYCB: Cambridge Bay, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYHK: Gjoa Haven Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYYH: Spence Bay Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • KAFW: Fort Worth, Fort Worth Alliance Airport, TX, United States
        Thunderstorm, Ice Accretion
  • KALB: Albany, Albany Intl Arpt, United States
        Pressure, Snowincrease
  • KDTL: Detroit Lakes, MN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KGVT: Greenville / Majors, TX, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KJWY: Midlothian/Waxahachie, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLWD: Lamoni, Lamoni Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • 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
  • KPRX: Paris / Cox Field, TX, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KRTS: Reno/Stead, NV, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KSXT: Sexton Summit, OR, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KTKI: Mc Kinney, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KTXK: Texarkana, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, AR, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KVTP: La Veta Mountain, CO, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • MMPN: Uruapan / Gen Rayon, Mexico
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • PAIL: Iliamna, Iliamna Airport, AK, United States
        Hail, Ice Accretion
  • PAKF: False Pass, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • PAOM: Nome, Nome Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Ice Accretion
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PATC: Tin City Airways Facilities Sector, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • SBBE: Belem Aeroporto, Brazil
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • SKLT: Leticia / Vasquez Cobo, Colombia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • UNAA: Abakan, Russia
        Visibility, Smoke


56 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)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • YAYT (OLD)