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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018052003
Currently using 34870 observations from 4890 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun May 20 03:46:26 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

86 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

4 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

16 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

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

44 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

3 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

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

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

1 station reporting 3-hourly pressure rise of 10mb or greater


3 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

44 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

1 station 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"

1 station reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 3" or greater

0 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"

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

8 stations reporting hourly (melted) precip total of 0.5-0.99"

1 station reporting 3 or 6 hourly (melted) precip total of 5" or greater

2 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"


1 station reporting tornado, funnel cloud or waterspout

0 stations reporting mammatus cloud

0 stations reporting hail

6 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

96 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


4 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 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

4 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

0 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

12 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

9 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • BIKF: Keflavikurflugvollur, Iceland
        Wind, Pressure
  • BIRK: Reykjavik, Iceland
        Wind, Pressure
  • CWLS: Mount Forest, Ont., Canada
        Pressure Change, Hourly Precip Total
  • K0CO: Berthoud Pass, CO, United States
        Thundersnow, Visibility
  • K4BM: Wilkerson Pass, CO, United States
        Thundersnow, Visibility
  • KAXS: Altus, OK, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KCCU: Copper Mountain, Red Cliff Pass, CO, United States
        Thundersnow, Visibility
  • KDMO: Sedalia, Sedalia Memorial Airport, MO, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KFMY: Fort Myers, Page Field, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KFSI: Fort Sill, OK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KJFZ: Tazewell, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KJHW: Jamestown, NY, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KMYP: Salida Mountain, Monarch Pass, CO, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thundersnow
  • KPDC: Prairie Du Chien, WI, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KPGD: Punta Gorda, Charlotte County Airport, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KQQY: APIAY TMQ53, Colombia
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KRAW: Warsaw, MO, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KSPS: Wichita Falls, Sheppard AFB, TX, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KTRI: Bristol, TN, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • MMMT: Minatitlan, Mexico
        Dewpoint, Pressure Change
  • MMTG: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chis., Mexico
        3/6-Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • PABI: Delta Junction/Ft Greely, AK, United States
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • PAMH: Minchumina, Minchumina Airport, AK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • VIAR: Amritsar, India
        Dust/Duststorm, Smoke


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

  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (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)
  • 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)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KM02 (NEW)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KPLD (NEW)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • KWBF (NEW)
  • KX07 (NEW)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • OPIS (NEW)
  • PPNU (NEW)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URRP (NEW)
  • VASD (OLD)
  • VDSV (NEW)
  • VYNT (NEW)
  • YAYT (OLD)