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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018120812
Currently using 36672 observations from 5178 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Sat Dec 8 12:46:29 UTC 2018



1 station reporting temperature -55°C or colder

1 station 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

1 station 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

52 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


0 stations reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

0 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

7 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

26 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

1 station reporting (sustained) wind chill of -45°C to -49°C

3 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 stations 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

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 959mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

32 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

2 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


1 station reporting heavy snow

3 stations reporting any sleet

11 stations reporting any freezing rain

58 stations reporting heavy rain

48 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


16 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

16 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

27 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 6 hours

0 stations reporting hourly snow depth increase (SNINCR) of 3+"

1 station 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"

2 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

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"

4 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

1 station reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

20 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

0 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


3 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

1 station reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

0 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


1 station reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

8 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

6 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

3 stations reporting dust or duststorm

1 station reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

26 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • EHFD: Platform F3-FB-1, Netherlands
        Temperature, Wind
  • ENLA: Ula Platform Heliport, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENLE: UNKNOWN,
        Wind, Pressure
  • KAQV: Peason Ridge/Polk, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KBKB: Fullerton, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • KLBB: Lubbock, Lubbock Intl Arpt, TX, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Snowincrease
  • KLCH: Lake Charles, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KMFI: Marshfield, Marshfield Municipal Airport, WI, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KPOE: Fort Polk, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KRFI: Henderson, TX, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, 3/6-Hourly Precip Total
  • LDZD: Zadar / Zemunik, Croatia
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • PACV: Cordova, Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport, AK, United States
        Pressure, Pressure Change
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • VTSS: Hat Yai, Thailand
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WMKA: S Abdul Halim, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


48 unidentified stations (out of a total of 146 documented unknown stations)

  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENUN (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • FDLB (OLD)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • K18H (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1AW (OLD)
  • K1BN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1DW (OLD)
  • K1EN (OLD)
  • K1GN (OLD)
  • K1GW (OLD)
  • K1JN (OLD)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • KBRG (NEW)
  • KC99 (OLD)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KLNQ (OLD)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KXER (OLD)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • LTFM (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • OPIS (OLD)
  • SESG (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • VASD (OLD)
  • VOKN (NEW)
  • YAYT (OLD)