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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018041215
Currently using 36240 observations from 5301 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Thu Apr 12 15:46:33 UTC 2018



1 station 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

19 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

2 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

58 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

3 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

39 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

8 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 station 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 959mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

0 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


11 stations reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

11 stations reporting any freezing rain

23 stations reporting heavy rain

37 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


7 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

4 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

13 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"

0 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

0 stations reporting hail

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

31 stations reporting thunder with rain


2 stations reporting blizzard conditions

4 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

48 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


0 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

11 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

14 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

13 stations reporting dust or duststorm

10 stations 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

  • CYYN: Swift Current, Sask., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • GMTT: Tanger Aerodrome, Morocco
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • GQNO: UNKNOWN,
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • KATY: Watertown, Watertown Municipal Airport, SD, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KEDW: Edwards AFB, CA, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KHON: Huron, Huron Regional Airport, SD, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMFI: Marshfield, Marshfield Municipal Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KSXT: Sexton Summit, OR, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • LEAG: UNKNOWN,
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • LEMO: Moron De La Frontera, Spain
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • MMMZ: Mazatlan / G. Buelna, Mexico
        Visibility, Smoke
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OEDM: Al Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia
        Dust/Duststorm, Sand/Sandstorm
  • OEPA: Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia
        Visibility, Dust/Duststorm
  • OIZI: Iranshahr, Iran
        Visibility, Sand/Sandstorm
  • PAAD: Point Thomson Airstrip Deadhorse, AK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • PAPO: Point Hope, Point Hope Airport, AK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • PATC: Tin City Airways Facilities Sector, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PAVL: Kivalina, Kivalina Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PGUM: Agana, Guam Intl Arpt, GU, United States
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • ROAH: Naha Airport, Japan
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • SBTU: Tucurui, Brazil
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • VAAH: Ahmadabad, India
        Temperature, Smoke


58 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)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • KWBF (NEW)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • ORRB (NEW)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • SYKM (NEW)
  • SYLT (NEW)
  • SYMB (NEW)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URRP (NEW)
  • YAYT (OLD)