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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2020011521
Currently using 36724 observations from 5190 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Wed Jan 15 21:46:58 UTC 2020



0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder

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

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

18 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

3 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


0 stations reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

0 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

59 stations reporting dewpoint 26-27°C


1 station reporting wind gusts 70kt or stronger

2 stations reporting wind gusts 60-69kt

10 stations reporting wind gusts 50-59kt

39 stations reporting wind gusts 40-49kt


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

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

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

125 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

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

30 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

10 stations reporting sea level pressure 970mb - 979mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure >= 1060mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 1055-1059mb

3 stations reporting sea level pressure 1050-1054mb

10 stations reporting sea level pressure 1045-1049mb

52 stations reporting sea level pressure 1040-1044mb


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

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

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

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


11 stations reporting heavy snow

2 stations reporting any sleet

6 stations reporting any freezing rain

17 stations reporting heavy rain

22 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


9 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

7 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 3 hours

34 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"

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"

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

0 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"

0 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

22 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

1 station reporting near-blizzard conditions


1 station reporting visibility of zero

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

0 stations 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

0 stations reporting volcanic ash

28 stations reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

10 stations reporting dust or duststorm

1 station reporting sand or sandstorm

0 stations reporting well-developed dust/sand whirls

20 stations reporting smoke


Stations falling into 4 or more extreme categories

Stations falling into 3 extreme categories

Stations falling into 2 extreme categories

  • CWEU: Eureka, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CWQK: Race Rocks, Canada
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • CYFS: Fort Simpson, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYHY: Hay River, NT, Canada
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYJF: Fort Liard Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYMA: Mayo Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYQH: Watson Lake, Y. T., Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYQU: Grande Prairie, Alta., Canada
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYRA: Rae Lakes, NT, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYWY: Wrigley Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CYXS: Prince George, B. C., Canada
        Temperature, Visibility
  • CYXY: Whitehorse, Y. T., Canada
        Pressure, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • CYZW: Teslin, Y. T., Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • CZFA: Faro Airport, Canada
        Temperature, Pressure
  • EGPM: Scatsa / Shetland Island, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure
  • EGYP: Mount Pleasant Airport, United Kingdom
        Wind, Pressure
  • ENQR: Snorre B Oilp, Norway
        Wind, Pressure
  • FGBT: Bata, Equatorial Guinea
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • KCLM: Port Angeles, WA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KDAY: Dayton, Cox Dayton Intl Arpt, OH, United States
        Visibility, Ice Accretion
  • KDBQ: Dubuque, Dubuque Regional Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KDTL: Detroit Lakes, MN, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KDVN: Davenport, Davenport Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KHIB: Hibbing, Chisholm-Hibbing Airport, MN, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KLWD: Lamoni, Lamoni Municipal Airport, IA, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMMV: McMinnville, OR, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States
        Wind, Visibility
  • KSHN: Shelton, Shelton Sanderson Field, WA, United States
        Pressure Change, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • KUAO: Aurora, Aurora State Airport, OR, United States
        Pressure Change, Ice Accretion
  • PAAK: Atka, Atka Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Pressure Change
  • PASA: Savoonga Airport, AK, United States
        Wind, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • SANT: Tucuman Aerodrome, Argentina
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBAT: Alta Floresta Aeroporto, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBCO: Porto Alegre, Brazil
        Wind, Thunderstorm
  • SBFI: Foz Do Iguacu Aeroporto, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SBSM: Santa Maria Aero-Porto, Brazil
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • SPTU: Puerto Maldonado, Peru
        Thunderstorm, Bird Hazard


74 unidentified stations (out of a total of 164 documented unknown stations)

  • ANYN (NEW)
  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENUN (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • ESKS (NEW)
  • ESOH (NEW)
  • HECP (NEW)
  • HESW (NEW)
  • K18H (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1CN (OLD)
  • K1CW (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1EN (OLD)
  • K1EW (OLD)
  • K1FN (OLD)
  • K1GN (OLD)
  • K1GW (OLD)
  • K1HN (OLD)
  • K1HW (OLD)
  • K1IN (OLD)
  • K1IW (OLD)
  • K1MN (OLD)
  • K1NN (OLD)
  • K1ON (OLD)
  • K2IS (NEW)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • K2R9 (NEW)
  • K41U (NEW)
  • K4F2 (NEW)
  • K77S (NEW)
  • KC99 (OLD)
  • KEZP (NEW)
  • KGYF (NEW)
  • KHMT (NEW)
  • KLNQ (OLD)
  • KMHP (NEW)
  • KMIO (NEW)
  • KMTK (OLD)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KPJC (NEW)
  • KPZZ (NEW)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQWX (OLD)
  • KSEQ (NEW)
  • KT41 (NEW)
  • KT74 (NEW)
  • KWBF (OLD)
  • KX26 (NEW)
  • KXER (OLD)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • KXWA (NEW)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LEMI (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • LLER (OLD)
  • LTFM (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OETN (NEW)
  • OPIS (OLD)
  • SLAL (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • UWSG (NEW)
  • VOKN (OLD)
  • YBLN (NEW)
  • ZBAD (NEW)
  • ZSWX (NEW)