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When weather observation stations are moved, they typically take on a new name and new identification. This is necessary for ensuring the accuracy and validity of historical records. However, it also can make it difficult to find records for your location, since each city could have multiple stations with different periods of record, in different locations. Record Extremes contains all historical records from the National Climatic Data Center, and are shown on a "station ID" basis. A missing record means that in that station's lifetime, it didn't have the opportunity to record the location's record extreme.
| City | Station ID | Temp. |
|---|---|---|
| Pecos, TX | NONE | 103 °F |
| Lubbock, TX | KLBB | 100 °F |
| Wink, TX | KINK | 100 °F |
| Goodyear, AZ | KGYR | 100 °F |
| Phoenix, AZ | KPHX | 100 °F |
| Gila Bend, AZ | GLBA3 | 100 °F |
| Midland, TX | KMAF | 99 °F |
| Midland Airpark, TX | KMDD | 99 °F |
| Andrews, TX | KE11 | 99 °F |
| Pecos, TX | KPEQ | 99 °F |
| City | Station ID | Temp. |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley, ID | NONE | 15 °F |
| Stanley, ID | KSNT | 15 °F |
| Burns, OR | KBNO | 19 °F |
| Truckee-Tahoe, CA | KTRK | 19 °F |
| Redmond, OR | KRDM | 23 °F |
| McCall, ID | KMYL | 23 °F |
| Lovelock, NV | KLOL | 26 °F |
| Silver Bay, MN | KBFW | 26 °F |
| Reno - Stead, NV | KRTS | 26 °F |
| Meacham, OR | KMEH | 26 °F |
| City | Station ID | Wind Gust |
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Washington, NH | KMWN | 71 mph |
| Mt. Washington, NH | KMWN | 71 mph |
| Franklin, VA | KFKN | 63 mph |
| Monarch Pass, CO | KMYP | 62 mph |
| Snyder, TX | KSNK | 60 mph |
| Abilene Dyess, TX | KDYS | 60 mph |
| Seminole, TX | KGNC | 60 mph |
| Gillette, WY | KGCC | 59 mph |
| Abilene, TX | KABI | 58 mph |
| Laramie, WY | KLAR | 54 mph |
| City | Station ID | Precip. |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Wiley Post, OK | KPWA | 2.92 in |
| Williamsburg, VA | KJGG | 2.80 in |
| Snyder, TX | KSNK | 2.61 in |
| Kenansville, NC | KDPL | 2.49 in |
| Washington, NC | KOCW | 2.47 in |
| Oklahoma City, OK | KOKC | 2.31 in |
| Burlington, VT | KBTV | 2.24 in |
| Caldwell, NJ | KCDW | 2.19 in |
| Hatteras, NC | KHSE | 2.15 in |
| Chesapeake, VA | KCPK | 2.08 in |
| City | Station ID | Heat Index |
|---|---|---|
| Ellington Field, TX | KEFD | 107 °F |
| New Orleans NAS, LA | KNBG | 107 °F |
| Kingsville NAS, TX | KNQI | 104 °F |
| Cotulla, TX | KCOT | 102 °F |
| Alice, TX | KALI | 100 °F |
| Corpus Christi, TX | KCRP | 100 °F |
| Harlingen, TX | KHRL | 100 °F |
| McAllen, TX | KMFE | 100 °F |
| Laredo, TX | KLRD | 100 °F |
| Panama City Tyndall AFB, FL | KPAM | 100 °F |
| City | Station ID | Wind Chill |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley, ID | KSNT | 12 °F |
| Nuiqsut, AK | PAQT | 13 °F |
| Kuparuk, AK | PAKU | 14 °F |
| Deadhorse Alpine Airstrip, AK | PALP | 14 °F |
| Burns, OR | KBNO | 15 °F |
| Chevak, AK | PAVA | 17 °F |
| Tin City, AK | PATC | 17 °F |
| Truckee-Tahoe, CA | KTRK | 19 °F |
| Barrow, AK | PABR | 19 °F |
| Lovelock, NV | KLOL | 20 °F |
| City | Station ID | Temp. |
|---|---|---|
| Nawabshah, Pakistan | OPNH | 121 °F |
| Nawabshah, Pakistan | OPNH | 121 °F |
| Sibi, Pakistan | OPSB | 120 °F |
| Bahawalnagar, Pakistan | 41678 | 118 °F |
| Hissar, India | VIHR | 117 °F |
| Jhelum, Pakistan | 41598 | 117 °F |
| Pad Idan, Pakistan | 41746 | 117 °F |
| Faisalabad, Pakistan | 41630 | 117 °F |
| Ramgundam, India | 43086 | 116 °F |
| Amritsar, India | VIAR | 116 °F |
| City | Station ID | Temp. |
|---|---|---|
| Nico, Antarctica | 89799 | -99 °F |
| Amundsen-Scott, Antarctica | NZSP | -84 °F |
| Univ. Wi Id 8918, Antarctica | 89744 | -79 °F |
| Univ. Wi Id 8925, Antarctica | 89257 | -52 °F |
| Halley, Antarctica | 89022 | -32 °F |
| Base Belgrano, Antarctica | 89034 | -30 °F |
| Butler Island, Antarctica | 89266 | -29 °F |
| Syowa, Antarctica | 89532 | -29 °F |
| Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica | 89767 | -28 °F |
| Univ. Wi Id 8917, Antarctica | 89272 | -22 °F |
The recent catastrophic EF-5 tornado in Oklahoma has prompted me to revisit a blog I posted in April 2011 (ironically that blog was posted just two weeks prior to the deadly tornado outbreak on April 27-28 of that year). This blog updates the lists of all known F-5 and EF-5 tornadoes and other statistics concerning the deadliest tornadoes on record in U.S. and world history.
A ferocious heat wave unprecedented in intensity for so early in the year sent temperatures soaring as high as 108° in the Midwest on Tuesday. Just two weeks ago, the deepest snowfall ever measured during any May of record buried a wide swath from Arkansas to Minnesota. And how's this for a definition of "Weather Whiplash": Sioux City, Iowa had their first-ever snowfall in the month of May on May 1 (1.4"), but hit an astonishing 106° yesterday.