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On April 24th, the city of Irkutsk, located in the heart of Siberia just west of a still part frozen Lake Baikal (contains 20% of world’s fresh water) soared to 27.9C in a sudden swing from winter to summer. While the April 24th reading is 15C above normal for late April and warmest for this […]
The vast landmass of Eurasia endured an extreme March 2018 on both ends of the temperature ledger. Northern Europe shivered in one of coldest March’s while down in Middle East and sub-continental Asia it was warmest. The below information is credit to Etienne Kapikian and Maximiliano Herrera. https://twitter.com/WMO/status/982260109601472514 https://twitter.com/ZdenekNejedly/status/979782549210791937 At least 7 if not 9 or even […]
While northern Europe shivered through March, much of central, Middle East and sub-continental Asia sweltered in truly remarkable mid summer level heat. The contrast between NW and SE Eurasia couldn’t be more striking. March 2018 temp anomaly for Asia. Between March 27-30, the Asian heat peaked, Nawabshah soared to 45.5C setting a new heat benchmark […]
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 […]
It’s been unusually warm for so early in the year across parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Temps in the upper 20s, low 30s are common late February into March across the southern region. But early week has of 37 to 40C are exceptional and record breaking. Blame early summer-like 850mb temps over Saudi Arabia with […]
Article from Capital Weather Gang By Jason Samenow February 14 at 1:18 PM Punishing winds have made life miserable for athletes and spectators at the Winter Olympics. As winds howled to 50 mph in PyeongChang, South Korea, on Wednesday, NPR reported emergency alerts buzzed on mobile phones, debris flung through the air, fences toppled, an […]
While many parts of central and southeast Asia are enduring bitter cold, it’s anything but in far eastern Siberia. While -20 to -30C is common in late January, temperatures have went off the scale warm. With temperatures of 5 to 6C above freezing, these are new monthly high temperatures for some easternmost Siberian communities and […]
It’s been bitterly cold across much of China with the southward extent of the arctic air reaching unusually far south. The chill has even made it to Shanghai where they’ve received the first snowfall in 5 years and heaviest in 10 years. Freezing temperatures made it into China’s typically balmy sub tropical region. In the […]
Back on Monday Tokyo was hit by up to 9 inches of snow making it their biggest snowfall since 2014 while FEET of snow continues to pile into the central Alps west of the city due to ongoing arctic winds blowing across the Sea of Japan. https://twitter.com/japantimes/status/955387145593683968 https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/956335116942487553 To the west of the city, the […]
Lot’s of extremes in the world of weather these days. A few days ago a severe windstorm with blizzard conditions hit the Kazakhstan capital of Astana. *World Weather* Intense blizzard conditions in Astana, Kazakhstan on January 11! Video: IC Service / Le courrier de Russie pic.twitter.com/FIqnACCQWk — severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) January 13, 2018 #Teacher goes missing […]
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