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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2018122812
Currently using 36135 observations from 5130 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Fri Dec 28 12:46:48 UTC 2018



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

0 stations reporting temperature -50°C to -54°C

0 stations reporting temperature -45°C to -49°C

3 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

12 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

0 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

38 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

1 station reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

5 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

29 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

30 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

18 stations reporting heat index of 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting sea level pressure < 940mb

1 station reporting sea level pressure 940mb - 949mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 959mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1060mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1055-1059mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1054mb

4 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

15 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


14 stations reporting heavy snow

10 stations reporting any sleet

34 stations reporting any freezing rain

141 stations reporting heavy rain

87 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


36 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

18 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

33 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"

2 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"

21 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"

3 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

2 stations reporting hail

2 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

29 stations reporting thunder with rain


1 station reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


2 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations reporting visibility 75 miles or greater

0 stations reporting visibility 50-74 miles


4 stations reporting aurora

0 stations reporting solar/lunar eclipse


0 stations reporting aircraft mishap

8 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

10 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

3 stations reporting dust or duststorm

0 stations reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

22 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CYCB: Cambridge Bay, NT, Canada
        Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust, Aurora
  • K2LS: UNKNOWN,
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • K4A9: Fort Payne, Isbell Field Airport, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • K7N0: New Orleans Downtown, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KAQP: Appleton, Appleton Municipal Airport, MN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KAQW: North Adams, Harriman-And-West Airport, MA, United States
        Wind, Ice Accretion
  • KATL: Atlanta, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KBIX: Keesler AFB / Biloxi, MS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCAE: Columbia, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KDBQ: Dubuque, Dubuque Regional Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KEKY: Bessemer Airport, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KFTY: Atlanta (Fulton County), GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KGAO: Galliano, LA, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KGNA: Grand Marais, The Bay of Grand Marais, MN, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KGPT: Gulfport, MS, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KHON: Huron, Huron Regional Airport, SD, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • KHSP: Hot Springs / Ingalls, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KLWD: Lamoni, Lamoni Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMMT: McEntire ANG, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KMSY: New Orleans, LA, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KNEW: New Orleans Lakefront, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KPDK: Atlanta, De Kalb-Peachtree Airport, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KPRN: Mac Creshaw Memorial,AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KSCD: Sylacauga, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KXNO: North Airfield, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • OICI: Ilam, Iran
        Hail, Thunderstorm
  • PASY: Shemya, Eareckson As, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PATC: Tin City Airways Facilities Sector, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PAVC: King Cove, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • PGUM: Agana, Guam Intl Arpt, GU, United States
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • RJSK: Akita Airport, Japan
        Wind, Visibility
  • SARC: Corrientes Aero., Argentina
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SPSO: Pisco, Peru
        Bird Hazard, Smoke
  • UIII: Irkutsk, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UNAA: Abakan, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UNEE: Kemerovo, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • UNNT: Tolmachevo, Russia
        Pressure, Smoke
  • VTBO: Trat/Khao Saming, Thailand
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


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

  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENUN (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • GQNO (OLD)
  • K18H (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1AW (OLD)
  • K1BN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1CN (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1EN (OLD)
  • K1FN (OLD)
  • K1GN (OLD)
  • K1GW (OLD)
  • K1IN (OLD)
  • K1JN (OLD)
  • K1MN (OLD)
  • K2J5 (NEW)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • K3L4 (OLD)
  • K6P9 (OLD)
  • KBRG (NEW)
  • KC99 (OLD)
  • KDSF (OLD)
  • KHME (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KLNQ (OLD)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQFR (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQKR (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQRD (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KQZF (OLD)
  • KWBF (OLD)
  • KXER (OLD)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • LTFM (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OICM (OLD)
  • OPIS (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • VASD (OLD)
  • VOKN (NEW)