Tag: record cold

Greenland Hits -65C Setting New All-Time Low

Written by on April 4, 2020 in Rest of World with 0 Comments
Greenland Hits -65C Setting New All-Time Low

Situated 10,500ft at the peak of the Greenland sheet, the permanently manned research site of Summit Station shivered to record cold levels while much of the surrounding hemisphere was record warm. Typically, when there’s a positive Arctic and North Atlantic Oscillation present, Greenland is coldest while the continents are relatively mild. On January 2, 2020, […]

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Recap of Record Breaking February & US March 2019 Outlook

Written by on March 4, 2019 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Recap of Record Breaking February & US March 2019 Outlook

February 2019 was record breaking month for warmth, cold, snow, rain and event wind. Parts of Western Canada haven’t seen a February as cold since the Great Depression. Here’s the 2-metre temperature anomaly for February across the US. Check out how many locations have just observed their snowiest February on record and how far reaching. […]

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Moline, Ill, Coldest ever night is set in snowiest ever January

Written by on February 2, 2019 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Moline, Ill, Coldest ever night is set in snowiest ever January

It’s been quite the month for Moline, Illinois setting not one but two very significant weather records. Situated on a bluff between the banks of the Mississippi and Rock River. It’s part of the Quad Cities metro which sits on the Illinois-Iowa border. Davenport sits on the Iowa side while Moline sits on the Illinois […]

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100+ year old Thanksgiving & November cold records fall from Nunavut to New York

Written by on November 27, 2018 in United States of America with 0 Comments
100+ year old Thanksgiving & November cold records fall from Nunavut to New York

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, one of the coldest November arctic outbreaks descended upon the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Not only was it the coldest Thanksgiving day/night for many, it was also the coldest weather ever recorded in November. In order to break monthly cold records which have stood 100+ years, Canada needs to have an expansive […]

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Record breaking ‘January level’ cold reaches Gulf Coast, Texas to New England snowstorm early next week?

Written by on November 10, 2018 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Record breaking ‘January level’ cold reaches Gulf Coast, Texas to New England snowstorm early next week?

November is no stranger to cold, you expect it to turn cold and snowy, especially the further north you are and the further into the month you go. However, the level of cold drilling south over the Central and interior East US is very impressive. We’re not even mid way through November and we’re talking […]

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A September of contrasts, Summer remains for East US/Canada but Winter hits early for Western Canada

Written by on September 25, 2018 in United States of America with 0 Comments
A September of contrasts, Summer remains for East US/Canada but Winter hits early for Western Canada

It’s been a tail of two halves across North America this September so far with summer warmth holding firm over the Eastern US and this warmth has extended up into Eastern Canada too over Western and Central Canada we’ve skipped to late October or November. In fact this could be one of the coldest September’s on […]

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Deep South (& Florida) get 3rd snowstorm in 5 weeks, Coldest air since 1980s, 90s

Deep South (& Florida) get 3rd snowstorm in 5 weeks, Coldest air since 1980s, 90s

The third major snow event for Gulf Coast and Deep South including Florida in 5 weeks? Boy what a winter we’re having in an area which often doesn’t have much of one. This third event has brought not only snow from Houston to Atlanta including the Florida panhandle, this time we’ve seen accumulating snow in […]

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-39F in upstate New York… An impressive 10-day period of ‘sustained’ deep cold!

-39F in upstate New York… An impressive 10-day period of ‘sustained’ deep cold!

It hit -41 in Minnesota yesterday and nearly reached that again in upstate New York this morning. Unofficial, but believable, as some parts of upstate NY have dipped as cold as -39˚ this AM, per @NWSBUFFALO HT @PeteWeatherBeat. (Photo: @weatherchannel FB friend Christine Thorne from Hebron, NY) pic.twitter.com/Ciq6AkEQbP — Jonathan Erdman (@wxjerdman) December 28, 2017 […]

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NORTHEAST BLIZZARD 2017: After Dumping 44″, The Storm Lifts Out & In Comes The Record Challenging Cold

Written by on March 15, 2017 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
NORTHEAST BLIZZARD 2017: After Dumping 44″, The Storm Lifts Out & In Comes The Record Challenging Cold

It really was an impressive storm, check out these final totals. A conservative amount in New York City thanks to westward shift in track. Out goes the storm and down comes the bitter cold. Check out these afternoon temps despite the sun shinning and it being mid March! Clear sky, light wind and deep snow […]

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Solar & Persistent Warm Pool In NE Pacific Drives Similar Global Weather Pattern 2 Years In A Row!

Solar & Persistent Warm Pool In NE Pacific Drives Similar Global Weather Pattern 2 Years In A Row!

In today’s post I wish to look at the solar cycle, it’s current position and also the last 18 years of early March global SST’s. There is some interesting trends and findings from this study and what I’ve learned from the last two winters which have had strikingly similar SST profiles and mean upper height anomalies. SST […]

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