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Late Winter Snowfall Blankets Australia’s Blue Mountains, Ice Closes Various Roads

The Guardian reports that a “cold blast,” hit New South Wales in late August, ending the official winter season in Australia’s Blue Mountains with a coating of snow and...

Ski Resort Thriving in Lesotho, Southern Africa

Lesotho, a small African kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, boasts the continent’s only operating ski resort south of the equator. Due to good snowfall this year, Africa News...

Snow Came Early to Alaska, Complicating Highway Travel

In early August the National Weather Service (NWS) issued an earlier than usual Winter Storm Warning for parts of Alaska. Fox Weather reports a “combination of cooler air, plenty of...

Scotland Experienced Coldest Winter in a Decade, Says BBC

The BBC recently reported that Scotland’s 2021/2022 winter season was unusually cold. Met Office forecasters said the Scotland recorded its coldest winter since 2011, with the west of Scotland being...

NWS Predicts More Winter Snow for Chicago, Great Lakes

NBC Chicago reports: Let it Snow? Chicago Area Could See More Precipitation Than Normal This Winter, NWS Models Show While we’re still enjoying summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter could...

Cooler than Normal August in the Balkans

Electroverse notes: While the Western half of Europe has witnessed a hot summer, the opposite has been true across the Eastern part of Europe. Continuing that trend, the Balkans and also...

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Consecutive Late-Season Winter Storm Causes Power Outages and Other Problems in Tasmania

Image: Snow in Tasmania, contributed to BOM Twitter feed. ABC News reports that Tasmania, the island state 240 miles south of the Australian mainland, was...

South Africa Closes Out August with a Winter Storm

Image: forecast graphic from the South African Weather Service for August 29th. Winter is not going gently into spring in South Africa, where a late-season...

Early Blast of Winter Delivers Summer Snow to Arizona

Image: Arizona Snowbowl from their Twitter feed. Arizona Snowbowl, the largest ski resort in Arizona, received an early taste of winter on August 31, as...

Coldest Towns in a Week-Long Cold Snap Across Eastern Australia

MSN reports on a cold snap in June that set many records throughout the area, which was previously unreported here on Cold Weather Report: If...

National Weather Service Issues Winter Weather Advisories for Parts of Montana

The same wintry storm system that dumped snow early in the week on mountain peaks and passes in California is now expected to drop...