Washington, D.C. – Temps plunge to new record lows
“Dulles and BWI airports plunge to new record lows,” reads the headline in the Washington Post. Temperatures across the D.C. and Baltimore areas plummeted into the 50s and even the 40s in a few spots...
View ArticleRecord low temps across southern U.S.
Records fell across the South this morning as the mercury dipped into the 50s in much of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, as well as parts of Georgia and both North and South Carolina. The...
View ArticleRecord lows in Georgia
Atlanta and Macon previous records set more than 80 years ago. National Weather Service forecasters say today’s low of 60 degrees in Atlanta broke the previous record of 61 degrees set in 1936. Macon...
View ArticleKentucky – Near Record Breaking Cold Again Tonight
This follows today’s record-setting lows. “This isn’t exactly the type of afternoon you’d expect in the final week of July,” says meteorologist Ian Oliver. “High temperatures are near record low values...
View Article“Julember” in Italy
Almost “a year without summer.” “In Italy this year, summer is really bad,” say reader Dr Mirco Poletto. “In the north we could almost speak of a year without summer: rainfall well above average,...
View ArticleRecord low temps in Kentucky and West Virginia
“In Central WV, we broke our historic record of 52F with 49F,” says reader Caroline. “It feels like Summer in Scotland right now.” “To say July has been cool would be an understatement,” says...
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Coolest July on Record for most of Central and SE Illinois
Not just the day, not just the week, but the entire month! http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ilx&storyid=103633&source=0 Thanks to Ralph Fato for this link
View ArticleIndianapolis sets new record – Coldest July in 144 years
Record-keeping began in 1871. We’re not talking about a record just the day here, we’re talking about the entire month. And it may be the coldest July in more than 144 years. It’s just that records...
View ArticleFreak cold and snow in Victoria, Australia
“VICTORIA was transformed into a winter wonderland as icy temperatures caused freak snowfall around the state,” says the Herald Sun. Victoria was dusted with the most widespread snowfall in more than...
View ArticleCold stings honeybee colonies
Last winter’s cold killed more than half of West Virginia’s honeybee colonies, more than a third in both North Carolina and Maryland, and almost a third in Virginia. “We normally have pretty mild...
View ArticleCold hammers apple and peach crops in Indiana
“The polar vortex that plunged Indiana into a deep freeze in January has taken a toll on the state’s peach crop, and an April cold snap has done the same for apples,” says The Herald-Times. “Orchard...
View ArticleSneaky ways the EPA and the climate combine to drive inflation
“Almost all perishable foods – dairy, meats, fruits and vegetables – have seen huge price increases. “Almost all perishable foods – dairy, meats, fruits and vegetables – have seen price increases...
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CO2 driven cooling
CO2 – or the lack thereof – now causes glaciation. Apparently able to destroy entire continents with the twist of a knob “From the University of New Hampshire and the department of“CO2 controls...
View ArticleParts of Australia shiver through chilliest August morning in 35 years
Some of the most significant and widespread minima were experienced about South Australia’s Mid North, Flinders and North East Pastoral districts. Located 365 km north of Adelaide, Hawker felt its...
View ArticleCalifornia cyclists suffer hypothermia
In California’s San Bernardino Mountains, the 100-mile contest in the annual Tour de Big Bear race was disrupted when a fierce storm dumped rain on bicyclists on 8,400-foot-high Onyx Peak, says this...
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Kangaroos caught in the snow
Talk about right place at the right time!! #snowpics This lucky shot of two kangaroos caught out in the snow was taken by Christie Panozzo and shared with us by Lorrae Dawson. It was taken at...
View ArticleMelbourne – Coldest morning in 16 years
The mercury dropped to a chilly 1.4 degrees on Sunday morning, the lowest temperature since 1998. “We’ve seen lower temperatures in the suburbs, so even though the city hasn’t dropped below zero we’ve...
View ArticleAdelaide – Coldest August morning in 126 years
One news outlet tries to downplay the cold with the headline: Yes, it’s seriously cold … but it’s warming up. With the temperature dropping to 0.9 C, the weather bureau said it was Adelaide’s coldest...
View ArticleColdest July on record in Terre Haute, Indiana
Cool temperatures leave local pools empty. “The water is too chilly to swim.” “July is over and to add to that- it was the coolest July on record. Even August is ushering in unseasonably cool.”...
View ArticleDeath Valley shatters cold record
Yes, you read that right, Death Valley broke old low maximum temperature by a whopping 15 degrees, nearly 30 degrees below average. The previous record of 104 was set in 1945. This was only the eighth...
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