List of weather records

This is a list of weather records, which describe the extreme performances of various meteorological phenomena. However, they represent only the highest measured performances of these phenomena, even though they may have been broken before the invention of modern meteorological instruments.

  • 2.1 rain
  • 2.2 snow
  • 2.3 hail
  • 3.1 tornadoes
  • 3.2 lightning

Temperature

Highest measured temperatures

Lowest temperatures

Other temperature-related records

Precipitation

Rain

Positive Records

Negative records

Snow

  • Masterful snow in a year: 31.1 m: Mount Rainier, Washington, USA February 19, 1971 - February 18, 1972
  • Largest snowflake: 38 cm diameter; Fort Keough, Montana, USA, January 28, 1887

Hail

  • In the U.S. state of South Dakota, the largest ever recorded on the North American continent hailstone was found. According to the official data of the NOAA ( the National Oceanic and Atmospheric U.S. ) had the largest hailstone diameter of 20.32 and a circumference of 47.29 centimeters, his weight was 875 grams.

Other types of severe weather

Tornadoes

The deadliest tornadoes

Flash

  • In some parts of central Africa, especially in the Republic of Congo, beat every year more than 70 flashes a square kilometer.
Australia Oodnadatta Argentina Athens Greece Oceania Tuguegarao Ust-Shchuger Ifrane Charlotte Pass, New South Wales Oymyakon Rapid City, South Dakota Guadeloupe Arica Chile Wadi Halfa Washington (state) Bangladesh Missouri Illinois
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