Temperatures ‘colder than 0C’ to hit New Zealand
New Zealand's weather service, NIWA MetService, said on Twitter that sub freezing temperatures will hit the island nation on Tuesday and Wednesday.
MetService said the cold blast means large parts...
Sydney temperature dropped 13 degrees in three hours when cold snap hit
Australia's ABC News reported:
Thermometers at Badgerys Creek in Sydney's west dropped 13 degrees Celsius (23F) in just three hours shortly after lunchtime.
By 4pm it was 10C at Observatory Hill,...
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...
