Mark Vogan
Following the snowiest December on record with at least 183cm accumulating through the month, January opened with further record snowfall then record cold. The town of Lienz, located between the High Tauern mountains to the north and Gailtal Alps to the south, it lies in a valley at an elevation of 2,208ft above sea level in the […]
Spain’s mountainous interior is very familiar with snow and freezing temperatures during the winter months. However, this past week has been quite exceptional thanks to the coming together of powerful Storm Filomena and arctic air. For the 2,188ft capital of Madrid, as much as 20 inches of snow fell bringing the city to it’s knees […]
In the past week, there’s been frequent spells of rain, sleet and snow as cold air has continued to advance south over Scotland and the UK. Most of Scotland and many parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland have woken to a fresh covering of snow thanks to a cold front diving south, followed by […]
Following a warm, wet November, December was a mixed, somewhat bookend month with cool spell to start and finish and mild in between. It remained very wet and followed a very wet autumn. The polar vortex was strong to near record strong during November hence the often warm, wet and windy month. Through December, the […]
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