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New Zealand Faces a Week of Cold and Winter Storms

New Zealand faces a week of “cold, stormy weather,” says the August 9 headline of Stuff.co.nz. “MetService has warned New Zealanders to brace themselves for the ‘coldest week of the...

Coldest Winter in Decades Holds Fast Across Australia

Multiple news outlets have reported on what The Australian warned would be a “nationwide cold snap” resulting in some of the coldest temperatures of the year, bringing with it...

Iceland Records Lowest June Temperatures In 30 Years

RUV in Iceland reports: The summer has been disappointing in most parts of Iceland so far, many people would agree. Even when the sun shines, it has been very cool. This...

Brisbane Australia Experiences Coldest Month in 38 Years

Weather Watch and Anthony Cornelius Meteorologist reports on Facebook: This week marks the first time in 38 years that Brisbane fails to average a maximum of 20.0C or higher! This makes it...

‘Powerful Cold Front’ Delivers Severe Weather and Snow across Southern Australia

A headline in the Canberra Times warns, “Powerful cold fronts expected to bring severe weather to southern half of Australia this week.” According to the story, the Australian Bureau of...

Heavy Snow Keeps New Zealand Ski Resort from Opening

The New Zealand ski season has been one for the record books, according to a report from unofficialnetworks.com. There is so much fresh snow that some ski areas are...

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Chile and Argentina Get Buried In Snow

Image: NASA MODIS satellite image of Argentina and  Chile showing snow cover. The Andes follow the border of Argentina and Chile, with both countries having...

Mongolia Experiences Snowiest Winter in Since the 1970s

The 2023/2024 winter in Mongolia was its snowiest in nearly 50 years, reports the Mongolian National News Agency: This winter holds the record for the...

Spring Storm Brings Heavy Snow to Salt Lake City Area

Image: Snow in Herriman, UT on May 5, from Andrea K on Twitter. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reports on a spring storm that seemed...

Mid-Spring Snowfall in CA and NV Heavier Than in Winter

Although snow does fall some years in May in the mountains bordering California and Nevada, the amount of snow that fell recently is relatively...

‘Intense’ Snowstorm Strikes Chile, Not Limited to Mountainous Areas

Snow came even earlier than expected to regions of Chile not usually experiencing heavy snow. On Saturday, May 4, the Chilean Meteorological Directorate (DMC) issued...