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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018032412
Currently using 35586 observations from 5158 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat Mar 24 12:46:26 UTC 2018



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

0 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

6 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

1 station reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

30 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

9 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

46 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

14 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

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

24 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 959mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

1 station 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

9 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

2 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

1 station reporting any sleet

18 stations reporting any freezing rain

27 stations reporting heavy rain

68 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


24 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

17 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

31 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"

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

1 station reporting hail

9 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

20 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


1 station reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station 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

9 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

9 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

52 stations reporting dust or duststorm

27 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

10 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYFB: Iqaluit, NT, Canada
        Visibility, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • DAOY: El Bayadh, Algeria
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • FJDG: Diego Garcia, British Territory
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • FTTY: Faya, Chad
        Visibility, Sand/Sandstorm
  • GQNO: UNKNOWN,
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • KALN: Alton/St. Louis, St. Louis Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KAMW: Ames, Ames Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Thundersnow, Ice Accretion
  • KDGW: Douglas, Converse County Airport, WY, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KDSM: Des Moines, Des Moines Intl Arpt, IA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KDVN: Davenport, Davenport Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KEST: Estherville, IA, United States
        Wind, Ice Accretion
  • KIND: Indianapolis, Indianapolis Intl Arpt, IN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KLYV: Luverne, MN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KMBY: Moberly, MO, United States
        Thundersnow, Thunderstorm
  • KMEH: Meacham, Meacham, OR, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KMIW: Marshalltown, IA, United States
        Wind, Ice Accretion
  • KOTM: Ottumwa, Ottumwa Industrial Airport, IA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Ice Accretion
  • KPIA: Peoria, Greater Peoria Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KSTL: St. Louis, Lambert-St. Louis Intl Arpt, MO, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KTIP: Rantoul, IL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thundersnow
  • LEAB: Albacete / Los Llanos, Spain
        Wind, Sand/Sandstorm
  • LEAS: Asturias / Aviles, Spain
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • LTAP: Merzifon, Turkey
        Hail, Thunderstorm
  • LTCF: Kars, Turkey
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • LTCJ: Batman, Turkey
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • LTCT: Igdir, Turkey
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Visibility, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OETB: Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OITR: Orumieh, Iran
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • OITT: Tabriz, Iran
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • PAAK: Atka, Atka Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • SKBG: Bucaramanga / Palonegro, Colombia
        Thunderstorm, Visibility
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • WBGB: Bintulu, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


54 unidentified stations (out of a total of 137 documented unknown stations)

  • 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)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • NFLA (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • VASD (OLD)
  • VOSM (NEW)
  • YAYT (OLD)