Archive for 2018
Cordoba is one of the hottest places in Spain and Europe. Each summer, temps exceed 40C and last July it reached 45C with nearby Montoro hitting a new all-time Spain record of 47.3C. The average May high for Cordoba is 27C but due to a significant cool and wet pattern, it’s taken till May 16 […]
It’s Tuesday 15 May and I take on my 2nd climb and 3rd and 4th munro of 2018. No 38th and 39th total. I headed the unusually short distance and time to the south shore of Loch Earn to take on 3,280ft Ben Vorlich and 3,198ft Stuc a Chroin. These two munros can be seen […]
The memory of the coldest April since 1997 and 3rd coldest since 1979 may be toast given that the first half of May has been warmest on record. Both Iowa and Wisconsin observed their coldest April in at least 124 years while eight other states had their second coldest. Two states also may have observed […]
An early heat wave has set new May records. Shanghai topped 36.4C surpassing the previous May record of 35.5C set in 1963. In Shanghai’s western suburbs, the thermometer hit 38C, never seen before in May. Incredibly, the city of Lishui (Zhejiang), surpassed both it’s May and June record with 40.1C. The previous May record was […]
The temperature profile was most definitely upside down to start the work week. The heat peaked Tuesday up in Finland where temperatures approached 30C. 29.6C was achieved in a few spots including Helsinki. This constitutes the capital’s hottest May day on record. While temperatures are coming up now across the South of France , the […]
Frosty morning’s even in May? It’s actually common away from urban areas when cooler, drier ‘northerly’ highs are overhead. Average No of days with frost in May. As the sun goes down in the evening the radiational cooling process kicks in fast. But once the sun returns, the dry air, wind free air rapidly heats, […]
Following two straight days of severe thunderstorms with embedded derechos, heavy flooding rainfall is the threat throughout the Northeast. https://twitter.com/Accu_Jesse/status/996841615745527808 https://twitter.com/NWSEastern/status/996562515386564609 https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/996744075230539777 https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/996784346433511425 https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/996772103465701377 https://twitter.com/NWSEastern/status/996482434270224384 https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/996788961279463425 It’s by no means over either… Deep tropical moisture lifting north out of the Caribbean and colliding with a stalled frontal boundary means heavy, flooding rains. FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Tara […]
11 May 2018 Scientists in New Zealand have documented what they believe is the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. The 23.8m (78ft) wave was measured by a buoy on New Zealand’s Campbell Island in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, the country’s weather authority said. It eclipses a 22.03m wave that was identified […]
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