July Snowfall in California
This weekend’s storm brought a fresh dumping of snow to the Sierra Nevada. In the above photo, Yosemite’s legendary Half Dome is coated with powder. (Credit: Yosemite Conservancy/NWS) The article is...
View ArticleHeavy snowfall in Vorkuta, Russia – In July! – Video
“Meteorologists report that is very unusual,” says Juan José Cipriano in Spain. “There are so many videos (issued on this fifth of july).”...
View ArticleAlbuquerque breaks rainfall record set in 1893
Not just for the date, but for any 24-hour period on record. The New Mexico city’s official 24-hour rainfall total from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday was 2.24 inches, besting the city’s previous...
View ArticleSnow kills more than 2,000 alpacas in Peru
8 July 2015 – Although data of the losses caused by the snowstorm last weekend are still being consolidated, regional deputy manager and head of the Civil Defense Operations Center Regional Emergency...
View ArticleBolivia – Snowfall isolates 30 communities and threatens livestock
Heavy snow in the Cordillera del Tunari this weekend left 30 communities isolated and endangered the survival of 7,500 head of cattle, said Guillermo Quintana, representative of the producers of llamas...
View ArticleHudson Bay still almost 50% covered in ice
Third highest coverage this week since 1992 – High ice coverage just about everywhere. 8 Jul 2015 – There is still a lot of sea ice in Hudson Bay, Foxe Basin, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay this week –...
View ArticleKondratieff Winter Looming – Video
Trying to impose a crackpot vision of what energy should be instead of allowing market forces and natural economic cycles – as well as individual creativity and entrepreneurial initiative – create a...
View ArticleRecord cold in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and...
Some of these records are as much as 10 to 13 degrees below previous records! Some weather records from Wed., July 8, 2015. ———————————————— Record cool-high temps set or tied: Peoria IL 62°F, Moline...
View ArticleSummer of 2015 could turn into one of the all-time wettest in Midwest
Compare these locations to the ice-age map. What would happen if these areas began getting record precipitation in the winter? Here are the meteorological Summer rainfall total rankings-to-date through...
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Mid-summer snow in California
In Yosemite National Park NWS Hanford says it is a rare sight to see snow falling below 10,000 feet there in July. ___________________________________________________________________...
View ArticleChance of frost in the Netherlands
Frost on the ground in July is a rarity. 9 July 2015 – A rare cold night in July with minimums between 5 and 10 degrees and very local as possible frost on the ground! The lowest temperatures are...
View ArticleWest Texas city has wettest day in at least 129 years
Abilene has had its wettest day since forecasters began keeping rainfall records for the area in 1886. “The National Weather Service says Abilene on Tuesday received 8.26 inches of rain, leading to...
View ArticlePeru – State of Emergency in Palca district
Frosts are covering the pastures and killing camels. 9 July 2015 – Authorities have asked the Regional Government of Tacna to declare an emergency and take actions to mitigate damage Thermometers...
View ArticleWettest June on record in Vermont capital
It’s not just Midwest that’s getting hammered. It was wettest June on record in Montpelier & Mt. Mansfield, Vermont. And it was the 3rd wettest June for Burlington, Vermont, since the late 1800s!...
View ArticleHeavy snow causes chaos in Gisborne, New Aealand
Stranded motorists have spent the night in other people’s houses after roads around Gisborne closed as snow carpeted the region in a thick white blanket. 10 July 2015 – A severe weather warning is in...
View ArticleOutlook dire for U.S. soy bean crop
“It’s been raining way too much for Midwest soybean farmers, and the storms just keep coming,” says agweb.com. Many of the biggest growing areas in the U.S., the world’s top producer, had their wettest...
View ArticleScientists say Sun’s heartbeat will bring on Ice Age
A new model of the Sun’s 11-year heartbeat suggests that solar activity will fall by 60 per cent during the 2030s, dropping to conditions last seen during the Maunder minimum. Beginning in about 1645,...
View ArticleTriple-digit snowfall forecast for Chile
Skier website is calling for more than 100 inches (254 cm) of snow at some resorts this weekend. (Note: I don’t know where they got their info, so can’t attest to its accuracy.) Here are the top 5...
View ArticlePeru – Heaviest snowfall in years kills 171,850 alpacas
State of emergency declared in three provinces of Puno. 10 July 2015 – The Regional Council of Puno declared the state of emergency in the provinces of Sandia, Carabaya and San Antonio de Putina...
View ArticleAustralia – Coldest and snowiest in 15 years
Major cold front now sweeping Australia. New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria residents are bracing for damaging winds expected to reach blizzard intensity in the Snowy Mountains...
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