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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018050500
Currently using 33717 observations from 5011 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat May 5 00:46:21 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

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

0 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

2 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

50 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

3 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

22 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

62 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

0 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

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

7 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

16 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

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

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

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

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


1 station reporting heavy snow

3 stations reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

53 stations reporting heavy rain

2 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

0 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"

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

4 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

1 station 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"

1 station 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

60 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station 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

12 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

2 stations reporting volcanic ash

2 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

6 stations reporting dust or duststorm

1 station reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

12 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWCO: Collingwood, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWGL: Lagoon City, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWMZ: Western Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWNC: Cobourg, Ont., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWPC: Port Colborne, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWPS: Long Point, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWWB: Burlington Piers, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWWZ: Port Weller, Ont., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CXET: Egbert Cs, ON, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYPQ: Peterborough Airport, Canada
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • CYSC: Sherbrooke, Que., Canada
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • CZEL: Elora, ON, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • FOOL: Libreville, Gabon
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KBFD: Bradford, Bradford Regional Airport, PA, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KBTV: Burlington, Burlington Intl Arpt, VT, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KBUF: Buffalo, Greater Buffalo Intl Arpt, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KCMH: Columbus, Port Columbus Intl Arpt, OH, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KDKK: Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KELM: Elmira, Elmira / Corning Regional Airport, NY, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KFIG: Clearfield, Clearfield-Lawrence Airport, PA, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KGFL: Glens Falls, NY, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KGTB: Fort Drum, NY, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KIAG: Niagara Falls, NY, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KIAH: Houston, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KILN: Wilmington, Airborne Airpark Airport, OH, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KMLU: Monroe, Monroe Regional Airport, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMSS: Massena, Massena International-Richards Field, NY, United States
        Pressure Change, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KPEZ: Pleasanton, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KROC: Rochester, Greater Rochester Intl Arpt, NY, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KSLK: Saranac Lake, Adirondack Regional Airport, NY, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KSYR: Syracuse, Syracuse Hancock Intl Arpt, NY, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • LOWG: Graz-Thalerhof-Flughafen, Austria
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • MDCY: El Catey, Dominican Republic
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • MGRT: Retalhuleu, Guatemala
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • PAII: Egegik, Egegik Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • PAKN: King Salmon, King Salmon Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • PAPN: Pilot Point Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PATO: Portage, Portage Glacier, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PFCL: Clarks Point, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure


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

  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • ETML (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)
  • KGCY (NEW)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KHPT (NEW)
  • KM02 (NEW)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KPLD (NEW)
  • KQBW (NEW)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • KWBF (NEW)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • OPIS (NEW)
  • PPNU (NEW)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SLHI (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • SYLT (NEW)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URRP (NEW)