Archive for 2018
Heat continues to rule many parts of Asia this March 2018 with record early 40s in India but even mid 30s into north China. The below stats are courtesy of Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) At an elevation of 1300m, the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar set a new March heat benchmark on Sunday, March 25 with a high of […]
March turned out colder than February for much of the Eastern US. Despite a cold month, March is ending mild but that doesn’t mean winter is done quite yet. It was certainly a cold March for the interior Mid-Atlantic. With recent days seeing a trough in both Southwest and Southeast, it’s turned early summer-like in […]
With modelling backing off on an intense wave of late season cold, the cold we do have looks to be a typical brand of late season cold, nothing particularly out of the ordinary. With 5,000ft temps at -5 or even -10C, surface temps are +5 to 10C and factoring in a strong, high sun angle […]
A strong southerly flow triggered from a deep low spinning over Italy pulled a vast plume of Saharan dust northwards off Libya out over the Med turning many islands a dusty, orange Thursday morning. Crete’s sky resembled Kuwait or Iraq in the midst of an intense sandstorm. As well as dusty, it was also very […]
March 2018 shall go into the history books for it’s 4 Nor’easters within 3 weeks with two historic wind, wave and flood makers, the other 2 were more snowy for the populated I-95 corridor. The Four Nor'easters of March. pic.twitter.com/r73MvpWvyK — Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) March 22, 2018 These back to back Nor’easters helped set new […]
Without a doubt, March 2018 was by far the biggest and most challenging ‘winter’ month across Europe with not one but two record breaking cold spells which hosted crippling, record-breaking snowfall accompanied by bitter winds along with the coldest March days on record. A surge straight from Siberia that shall be long remembered. Scotland received […]
I’ve not seen any stats but when looking at the widespread MAXIMUM temperatures for both 17th and 18th March with 1/2C either side of freezing UK-wide, even maximums of -2 and -3C in southwest parts with a sun strength comparable to late or even mid September, I recon these two days must be among the […]
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