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Extreme & Weird Weather of the World - Archive for 2020052018
Currently using 36668 observations from 5194 unique global stations over the past 3 hours.
Last Updated: Wed May 20 18:46:23 UTC 2020



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

37 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C


1 station reporting dewpoint 30°C or greater

8 stations reporting dewpoint 28-29°C

115 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

25 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

1 station reporting heat index of 50°C to 54°C

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

53 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

1 station reporting sea level pressure 950mb - 959mb

0 stations reporting sea level pressure 960mb - 969mb

2 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

1 station 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

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

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

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


0 stations reporting heavy snow

0 stations reporting any sleet

0 stations reporting any freezing rain

56 stations reporting heavy rain

7 stations reporting unknown precipitation type


0 stations reporting ice accretion in the past 1 hour

1 station 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"

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"

6 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"

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

0 stations reporting thundersnow

0 stations reporting thundersleet

0 stations reporting thunder with freezing rain

62 stations reporting thunder with rain


0 stations reporting blizzard conditions

2 stations reporting near-blizzard conditions


2 stations reporting visibility of zero

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

2 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

10 stations reporting bird hazard on the runway

1 station reporting volcanic ash

1 station reporting ice crystals/diamond dust

0 stations reporting blowing spray

6 stations reporting dust or duststorm

2 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

  • KAEX: Alexandria, Alexandria Intl Arpt, LA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KAND: Anderson, Anderson County Airport, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KAQV: Peason Ridge/Polk, LA, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KBFM: Mobile, Mobile Downtown Airport, AL, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KCDN: Camden, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KCHS: Charleston, Charleston AFB, SC, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KCKI: Williamsburg, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KGMU: Greenville, Greenville Downtown Airport, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • KHSP: Hot Springs / Ingalls, VA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Visibility
  • KJZI: Charleston, SC, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KLRO: Mt. Pleasant, SC, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Hourly Precip Total
  • KLXV: Leadville, Lake County Airport, CO, United States
        Wind, Pressure
  • KMKS: Berkeley, SC, United States
        Hourly Precip Total, Thunderstorm
  • KTVI: Thomasville, GA, United States
        Precipitation Type/Intensity, Thunderstorm
  • NZSP: Amundsen-Scott Stn, Antarctica
        Temperature, Ice Crystals/Diamond Dust
  • OEWD: Wadi Al Dawasser Airport, Saudi Arabia
        Thunderstorm, Dust/Duststorm
  • OIKQ: Gheshm Island / Dayrestan, Iran
        Dewpoint, Sand/Sandstorm
  • SKSP: San Andres Isla / Sesquicentenario, Colombia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • VHHH: Hong Kong Inter-National Airport, Hong Kong
        Dewpoint, Precipitation Type/Intensity
  • VMMC: Taipa, Macau
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WBKK: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • WMKA: S Abdul Halim, Malaysia
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm
  • ZGSZ: Shenzhen, China
        Dewpoint, Thunderstorm


81 unidentified stations (out of a total of 193 documented unknown stations)

  • ENLE (OLD)
  • ENUG (OLD)
  • ENWV (OLD)
  • EQPH (OLD)
  • EQYE (OLD)
  • EQYF (OLD)
  • EQYT (OLD)
  • EQYV (OLD)
  • ETML (OLD)
  • HECP (OLD)
  • K18H (OLD)
  • K1AN (OLD)
  • K1BN (OLD)
  • K1BW (OLD)
  • K1CW (OLD)
  • K1DN (OLD)
  • K1EN (OLD)
  • K1EW (OLD)
  • K1FW (OLD)
  • K1GN (OLD)
  • K1GW (OLD)
  • K1HN (OLD)
  • K1HW (OLD)
  • K1IW (OLD)
  • K1JN (OLD)
  • K1NN (OLD)
  • K1ON (OLD)
  • K2LS (OLD)
  • KC99 (OLD)
  • KCFO (OLD)
  • KEZP (OLD)
  • KGYF (OLD)
  • KJSL (OLD)
  • KLNQ (OLD)
  • KMTK (OLD)
  • KNOZ (OLD)
  • KPZZ (OLD)
  • KQA5 (OLD)
  • KQA8 (OLD)
  • KQAL (OLD)
  • KQB4 (OLD)
  • KQBG (OLD)
  • KQBT (OLD)
  • KQC7 (OLD)
  • KQC8 (OLD)
  • KQCP (OLD)
  • KQD3 (OLD)
  • KQEK (OLD)
  • KQEO (OLD)
  • KQFL (OLD)
  • KQGE (OLD)
  • KQHB (OLD)
  • KQHC (OLD)
  • KQHK (OLD)
  • KQM2 (OLD)
  • KQMK (OLD)
  • KQN3 (OLD)
  • KQS3 (OLD)
  • KQSF (OLD)
  • KQTA (OLD)
  • KQX2 (OLD)
  • KQXH (OLD)
  • KWBF (OLD)
  • KXER (OLD)
  • KXIF (OLD)
  • LEAG (OLD)
  • LEMI (OLD)
  • LETU (OLD)
  • LLER (OLD)
  • LTFM (OLD)
  • MGMT (OLD)
  • MGTU (OLD)
  • MPSM (OLD)
  • OEAR (OLD)
  • OIBH (NEW)
  • OPIS (OLD)
  • SPJC (OLD)
  • UCFL (OLD)
  • URFF (OLD)
  • VOKN (OLD)
  • ZBAD (OLD)