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Asia Takes Extremes To Next Level

Written by on February 27, 2024 in Asia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Asia Takes Extremes To Next Level

It’s been a crazy past 6-12 months across large swathes of Asia. Relentless record heat with spells of extreme cold. The wild and erratic swings have been eye popping. As you can see, warmth has been dominant in the past 90 days or the period between late November through late February. Anomaly between 16-23 Feb! […]

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India & Pakistan Remain Unusually COOL While SE Asia Continues To SWELTER In ALL-TIME Record Heat!

Written by on May 8, 2023 in Asia with 0 Comments
India & Pakistan Remain Unusually COOL While SE Asia Continues To SWELTER In ALL-TIME Record Heat!

India and Pakistan observed a cooler, wetter than average April and has begun May extremely cool compared to what is typically approaching the hottest time of year as the monsoon season nears. April temp anomaly as per CDAS data, courtesy of Weatherbell.com. May’s opening week! Asia again with sharp contrasts: -New record heat wave in […]

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Extreme Weather Sweeps Asia To Start 2023

Written by on April 23, 2023 in Asia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Extreme Weather Sweeps Asia To Start 2023

It’s been a wild winter and spring across Asia with extremes for both cold and heat. Thanks to it’s vast size, topography and position within the largest continent on earth linking tropics with arctic, China observed a particularly extreme ride so far in 2023. Firstly, the the far north, saw China’s first -50C since 1969 […]

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Japan Joins France In Recording Earliest 40C & Hottest June Day On Record

Written by on June 27, 2022 in Asia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Japan Joins France In Recording Earliest 40C & Hottest June Day On Record

The levels of heat observed over recent days in parts of China and Japan has been incredible. A new national June record has been achieved in Japan along with the earliest 40C ever observed. *RECORD BREAKING*Isesaki, 80 km north of Tokyo, recorded 40.1℃ (104F) on Saturday afternoon, making it the NATIONAL RECORD HIGH for the […]

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Too Much Snow Even For The World’s 2nd Snowiest City!

Written by on February 9, 2022 in Asia with 0 Comments
Too Much Snow Even For The World’s 2nd Snowiest City!

From Wikipedia Geography Sapporo is a city located in the southwest part of Ishikari Plain and the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary stream of the Ishikari River.[15] It is part of Ishikari Subprefecture. Roadways in the urban district are laid to make a grid plan. The western and southern parts of Sapporo are occupied by a number of […]

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Forget the 1.3 Billion (17% global population) Witnessing Cooler, Wetter Than Average Conditions It’s All About Russian Heat!

Written by on May 27, 2021 in Asia, Rest of Europe, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Forget the 1.3 Billion (17% global population) Witnessing Cooler, Wetter Than Average Conditions It’s All About Russian Heat!

The all-time record heat that’s been achieved across the Russian Arctic this month has been very impressive. Overall we’ve seen the earliest 32C above the Arctic Circle and countless May all-time records set along with an ALL-TIME MAY RECORD FOR RUSSIA. Here are some of these impressive records. Russia ?? has just broken its national […]

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Beijing Shivers Coldest Temperature Since 1966

Written by on January 24, 2021 in Asia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Beijing Shivers Coldest Temperature Since 1966

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.

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Winter Fights Back Across Northern Hemisphere, January SSWE Now ‘Highly Likely’

Written by on December 29, 2020 in Asia, Rest of World, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Winter Fights Back Across Northern Hemisphere, January SSWE Now ‘Highly Likely’

December produced some of the biggest snowfalls on record for parts of the US Northeast and Japan. Now cold is showing up strong in many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. It’s like old man winter is fighting back and making up for his lack of presence this time last year. Thanks to high pressure anchored […]

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Old Man Winter Strikes Back With Record Snowfall For Northeast US and Japan, Could Europe Be Next?

Written by on December 22, 2020 in Asia, Rest of World, United States of America with 0 Comments
Old Man Winter Strikes Back With Record Snowfall For Northeast US and Japan, Could Europe Be Next?

With the help of a -AO releasing polar air south and connecting with an active/stormy mid latitude pattern, we have seen two areas of record breaking snowfall. The snow starved Northeast US has barely seen any snow in the last 2 winters but the storm last week changed that. Snow has finally ended. Updated snowfall […]

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Baghdad Among Other Middle East Cities Swelter Hottest Day On Record

Written by on August 1, 2020 in Asia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
Baghdad Among Other Middle East Cities Swelter Hottest Day On Record

It’s brutal at the best of times across the Middle East during the summertime but the current heat wave is turning the blast furnace up to new levels. The Iraqi capital of Baghdad set a new all-time heat record last month by reaching 51.8C (125F) followed by 51.1C (124F). Both of these readings surpassed Baghdad’s […]

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