Archive for September 4th, 2018

50.7C: Hottest city on earth set’s new Iraq benchmark for September

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50.7C: Hottest city on earth set’s new Iraq benchmark for September

The southern Iraqi city of Basra, located 68 miles from the Persian Gulf and sandwiched narrowly between Kuwait and Iran hit 50.7C on the 1st September. This surpasses Iraq’s previous September record of 49.6C set at Nasiriyah set exactly two years ago to the day on 1 September, 2016. Info credit to Etienne Kapikian‏. Interestingly that same […]

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The Pendulum Swings As Pacific Quietens Down and Atlantic Wakens!

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The Pendulum Swings As Pacific Quietens Down and Atlantic Wakens!

Up until now the focus has been across the Pacific and it’s busy 2018 season while the Atlantic has remained quiet as expected. This is typical of warm ENSO years where the tropical east and west Pacific is warm and Atlantic cool. As you can see from the two below charts, there’s been a frenzy […]

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