Archive for January, 2021
Although located well to the north of the British mainland, Shetland is more known for it’s frequent winter gales rather than bitter cold, however this wild and picturesque group of islands has been stuck under an arctic air mass for much of January and on the morning of January 27, the far north community of […]
The Chinese capital, Beijing observed it’s coldest temperature since 1966 back on January 7, 2021. Thanks to a cold front driving a reinforcing blast of Siberian air south, the thermometer plummeted to -19.6C. The record cold comes in the midst of possibly one of China’s coldest December’s in recent memory. December temp anomaly.
Following the snowiest December on record with at least 183cm accumulating through the month, January opened with further record snowfall then record cold. The town of Lienz, located between the High Tauern mountains to the north and Gailtal Alps to the south, it lies in a valley at an elevation of 2,208ft above sea level in the […]
Spain’s mountainous interior is very familiar with snow and freezing temperatures during the winter months. However, this past week has been quite exceptional thanks to the coming together of powerful Storm Filomena and arctic air. For the 2,188ft capital of Madrid, as much as 20 inches of snow fell bringing the city to it’s knees […]
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