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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018052012
Currently using 37281 observations from 5147 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sun May 20 12:46:30 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

3 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C

62 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

3 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

85 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

20 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


1 station reporting heat index of 55°C or hotter

2 stations reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

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

98 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

0 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


1 station reporting heavy snow

1 station reporting any sleet

1 station reporting any freezing rain

61 stations reporting heavy rain

6 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

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

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

16 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

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"

3 stations reporting 3 or 6 hourly (melted) precip total of 2-2.99"


0 stations reporting tornado, funnel cloud or waterspout

1 station reporting mammatus cloud

1 station reporting hail

2 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

117 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


2 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

1 station reporting visibility 50-74 miles


0 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

0 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

9 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

7 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWEF: Saint Paul Island, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CWZQ: Grand Etang, N. S., Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • DRZA: Agadez, Niger
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • HLLB: Benina, Libya
        Wind, Dust/Duststorm
  • K2F5: Lamesa, TX, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KADH: Ada, Ada Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KALN: Alton/St. Louis, St. Louis Regional Airport, IL, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KCFV: Coffeyville, KS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KCNU: Chanute, Chanute Martin Johnson Airport, KS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCOU: Columbia, Columbia Regional Airport, MO, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KDBQ: Dubuque, Dubuque Regional Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KDYS: Abilene, Dyess AFB, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHBR: Hobart, Hobart Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHST: Homestead AFB, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KJLN: Joplin, Joplin Regional Airport, MO, United States
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • KLUD: Decatur, Decatur Municipal Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KMIA: Miami, Miami Intl Arpt, FL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KMNZ: Hamilton, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMWL: Mineral Wells, Mineral Wells Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KSNL: Shawnee, Shawnee Municipal Airport, OK, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KTUL: Tulsa, Tulsa Intl Arpt, OK, United States
        Mammatus Clouds, Thunderstorm
  • KVCT: Victoria, Victoria Regional Airport, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • LTAD: Ankara / Etimesgut, Turkey
        Hail, Thunderstorm
  • OEDR: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OPKC: Karachi Airport, Pakistan
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • OPNH: Nawabshah, Pakistan
        Temperature, Dust/Duststorm
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • VAAH: Ahmadabad, India
        Temperature, Smoke
  • VILK: Lucknow / Amausi, India
        Temperature, Dewpoint
  • VTBD: Don Muang, Thailand
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • VTUU: Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WBKK: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WBKL: Labuan, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WBSB: Brunei Airport, Brunei
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • YPXM: Christmas Island Aerodrome, Christmas Island
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility


60 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)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URRP (NEW)
  • VASD (OLD)
  • VDSV (NEW)
  • VYNT (NEW)
  • YAYT (OLD)