Germany – Coldest Spring In 40 Years!
Climate Experts Running Out Of Arguments “The recent weather in Germany indicates everything but global warming and widespread drought, which climate experts have been telling us would be the case...
View ArticleLatest snow in Vermont since 1894
“The previous record was 2.0″ on May 20th, 1912,” according to the National Weather Service. “The 0.1″ of snow that accumulated last night (May 26, 2013) in Saint Johnsbury, VT (Elevation of about 700...
View ArticleComparing this weekend’s snow to “The Year Without A Summer”
“The last time we had snow this late (Memorial Day weekend) was back in 1816 – the year without the summer,” says reader Kenneth Lund. “And that was only 1 inch of snow. Here we’re talking 34 inches !”...
View ArticleA foot of snow – or more – forecast for Wyoming
6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET EXCEPT LOCAL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE FOOT ALONG THE BEAR TOOTH HIGHWAY ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN...
View ArticleChile and Argentina order evacuations near volcano
“Eruption could be imminent.” Chilean and Argentine authorities on Monday ordered mandatory evacuation within a 25-km (15.5-mile) radius of Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two...
View ArticleThis summer could be the coldest since 1816 in Europe
According to predictions of the French Canal Meteo, there is a 70% chance of a complete absence of summer in Western Europe this year, making it one of the coldest and wettest summers since 1816 –...
View ArticleColdest UK Spring in 50 Years
May has also been wetter than average. This spring is on track to be the coldest in more than 50 years, says the BBC. If conditions continue through the last days of May, it will be the coldest spring...
View ArticleNorway heading for a grain disaster?
“The outlook for the grain farmers in the southern part of Norway looks very grim,” says reader. Norway heading for a grain disaster? By Dag from Ringerike The outlook for the grain farmers in the...
View ArticleFrench ski resorts open for June skiing – First time ever
Europeans wondering whatever happened to global warming. “It’s been a cold 2013 so far in Central and Western Europe. Last weekend snow fell in Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic,” says this...
View ArticleChile Snowstorm Buries Andes
“A full meter of new snow was measured by one ski operator near Santiago,” says Accuweather.com. Lifts were open as of Wednesday at Ski Portillo, although the highway linking the slopes to cities in...
View ArticleFarmers in New Zealand surprised by big snow dump
“It kept coming down. I guess that’s why some people drink.” Mr Durling and his wife, Kylie, manage 1500 cattle on a property near Athol in Southland, and a big snowfall can turn simple tasks into...
View Article3 ft of snow in at Wyoming High Country Lodge on May 31st
Winter – WINTER! – weather advisory extended thru June 1st. 15 tree’s down so far..5 across the road (that I can see) to get here 3 ft so far… See photos:...
View ArticleUK – Coldest spring in 50 years, says Met Office
The prolonged bout of unseasonably-cold weather has caused severe problems for farmers, prompting a surge in the number of livestock deaths and damaging vast areas of crops. Damaging vast areas of...
View ArticleItaly – Wettest spring in at least 150 years
‘Cursed spring’ also coldest in more than 20 years. As with much of northern Europe, Italy has shivered its way through a good deal of the year. In the north-west, according to the Italian...
View ArticleBelgium – Coldest spring since 1962
Not only the coldest spring in 51 years, Belgium can also boast the wettest month of May in 29 years, according to Belgian Met Office KMI. And there’s more: the month of May had mostly chilly weather,...
View ArticleColdest Spring In England Since 1891
“According to the Central England Temperature Series, England has just experienced its coldest Spring since 1891,” says this article by Paul Homewood. “The average mean temperature of 6.87C ranks the...
View ArticleCanada – Up to 30% of tomato crop destroyed by frost
Asparagus also affected. Walter Brown, who grows more than 70 hectares of tomatoes on his Leamington farm, called it an unusual cold snap. He saw the thermometer dip almost to the freezing point on...
View ArticleBelgium – Berry crop ‘negatively affected’ by cold weather
There are likely to be limited volumes of Belgian berries available over the coming weeks, with the crop negatively affected by cold weather experienced over recent months. According to leading Belgian...
View ArticleUSA – Devastating freeze cuts southern states blueberry volume in half
Some growers are reporting the worst yield in over 20 years. “Some of our farms did lose a lot of the crop,” said Donna Marshall, horticulturist with the USDA Southern Horticulture Lab in Poplarville....
View ArticleRain, Rain, Go Away: Impossible for German farmers to drive on 40 percent of...
After barely surviving the darkest winter in more than four decades, Germans are now enduring one of the soggiest springs in memory, says this article on spiegel.de. From Germany’s northern coastlines...
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