Antarctica is a typically cold place but the past couple of weeks has seen the entire continent shiver at 6 and 8C below average. This has offset building heat elsewhere across the planet and held the global temperature to average, even slightly below average.
I agree with @peikko763 this is a wild pattern down there.
According to a different reference period (1981-2010), 1-Day anomaly : -1 °C
At this time (-0.503°C), coldest of any month since June 2014 (-0.523°C) and it should be beaten. https://t.co/NbaZDcjRvT https://t.co/A2AbDPGRAN pic.twitter.com/NpJ8Zgfm2I— Carlos Ramirez (@LpdlcRamirez) June 9, 2021
Earth's temperature was below normal yesterday thanks to Antarctica! https://t.co/PlhSeiw1Mx
— MarkVoganWeather.com (@MarkVogan) June 12, 2021
Recent weeks has seen waves of Antarctic cold spread into Southern and Southeast Australia and brought unusual snow falls to unusually low levels across New South Wales.
With a maximum of just 10.3C last Friday, Sydney’s Observatory Hill witnessed it’s coldest day since 1984 and coldest June day since 1899.
This exceptional chill comes after Sydney had their coldest run of May nights (nights below 9C) since 1954.
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