Lot’s of extremes in the world of weather these days.
A few days ago a severe windstorm with blizzard conditions hit the Kazakhstan capital of Astana.
*World Weather* Intense blizzard conditions in Astana, Kazakhstan on January 11! Video: IC Service / Le courrier de Russie pic.twitter.com/FIqnACCQWk
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) January 13, 2018
#Teacher goes missing in blinding #blizzard in N #Kazakhstan#Kazakhstannews #News https://t.co/3k32PUP1zf
— Kazinform (@kazinform_eng) January 12, 2018
Blizzard pounding Astana, schools and Nazarbayev Airport closed https://t.co/cDGIBLRRg3
— AKIpress Central Asian news (@AKIpress_com) January 11, 2018
Following a very cold open to new year over the Canadian Maritimes, a brief surge of warmth flooded eastern North America and yesterday turned out to be the warmest January day on record for New Brunswick.
Yesterday's #NewBrunswick hotspot was in #Sussex with a high of 17.3°C, setting a new record for highest temperature recorded in January in the province! #MeteoNB #JanuaryThaw #Maritimes pic.twitter.com/YuWv7La1gA
— Patrick Duplessis (@Pat_wx) January 14, 2018
Even warmer for parts of Nova Scotia.
Extremely warm temps across the #Maritimes today, up to an astounding 19°C in #Greenwood & #Cheticamp! Never been that warm in January for all those in red! #Moncton #NSstorm #MeteoNB #PEstorm pic.twitter.com/phJ12pEfMF
— Patrick Duplessis (@Pat_wx) January 13, 2018
After the windiest January day on record in #Halifax 9 days ago, today is the warmest one with 15.4°C! January 2018 is definitely an extreme one! #NSstorm pic.twitter.com/BQ3woHbQyH
— Patrick Duplessis (@Pat_wx) January 13, 2018
A record-warm day in much of Eastern #Canada today w/ up to 16.8°C in #Greenwood! Actual highs could be set later this evening east of Quebec City. #MeteoQC #NSwx #MeteoNB pic.twitter.com/9k6RQ4Eceh
— Patrick Duplessis (@Pat_wx) January 12, 2018
This morning saw Oymyakon, eastern Siberia hit -59.6C (-75.3C), the coldest of the Northern Hemisphere winter outside of Greenland so far and also the coldest for this location in 7 years.
1st -60C of boreal winter 2017-18 (outside Greenland) this morning recorded at #Oymyakon #Siberia pic.twitter.com/pK0RJpgX2t
— MarkVoganWeather.com (@MarkVogan) January 14, 2018
-59.6°C (-75.3°F) à #Oymyakon #Sibérie ce 14 janvier, soit 10°C sous les normales de saison. Ils n'étaient pas descendus si bas depuis 7 ans.
Le record absolu de froid est de -67.7°C le 6 février 1933. Dans les années post-2000 il est de -64.6°C le 1er février 2002. #Siberia pic.twitter.com/rebdHWkbO3— Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) January 14, 2018
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