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New Zealand’s First Winter Storm of 2023 is Coming

WeatherWatch of New Zealand reports: A very large low pressure zone will engulf NZ this weekend bringing severe gales, heavy snow, downpours and a drop in temperatures nationwide. It is a...

Las Vegas Sets All-time Record for Consecutive Days Below 100°F

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas reported on Twitter Tuesday that they had 291 consecutive days of high temperatures below 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the longest streak...

Snow Persists in Utah’s Alta Ski Area

According to POWDER magazine, despite the end-of-season closure at Alta Ski Area back in April, there is still significant snow pack on the mountain. One trail in particular, called Main...

A Cold and Gloomy June in California

The Washington Post published an article "It’s been unusually cold and gloomy in California. What’s going on?" saying that California has seen well below normal temperatures for the month...

Southeast Australia Sees Coldest June Morning in Decades

Record-breaking cold temperatures for June were recently recorded in Southeast Australia, with several areas breaking records held for decades. According to a report in The Guardian, Canberra, Australia saw a...

Snowfall on Mount Washington Sets June Record

With more than half of the month of June still ahead, the observatory on Mount Washington in New Hampshire reported that by June 12, Mount Washington had set new...

Summertime Cold Records Being Set Across Europe

Image above: Cool greens show minimum temperatures in the 10°C (50°F) range across Europe. Source: Climate Reanalyser May and June have felt more like winter than summer across a large...

Cold Front Clobbers Boulder with Heavy Hail

“As severe weather hit the Front Range on Monday, Boulder residents saw streets turn into rivers of rain and hail,” reported KUSA 9News in Denver. As attested to by the...

Iowa Cities Set June Cold Temperature Records

Throwing off pleasant spring temperatures, a cold front that swept across Iowa produced new cold temperature records for several cities and towns in the state for the date of...

New Zealand Receives Coldest Temperatures of the Year

Image above: New Zealand Met Service on Twitter says: “…it was the coldest morning of the year for a few of our airport stations in the central and northern...

First Major Snowstorm of The Season at Australia’s Biggest Ski Resort

Image above: Opening day at Perisher Ski resort. Source: Instagram As the Southern Hemisphere moves into winter, colder temperatures combined with weather fronts coming from the cold regions near the...

‘Heavy Snow’ Results in Travel Warnings for Rio Negro, Argentina

Canal 5 Noticias (C5N), an Argentinian news channel, reports that heavy snow blanketed the town of San Carlos de Bariloche (Bariloche) and the central province of Rio Negro on...

May Temperatures Below Normal at Australia’s Antarctic Sites

Each of Australia’s three Antarctic Research Stations recorded below normal temperatures for May 2023, reports the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABOM). Australia’s three Antarctic research stations, Mawson, Davis, and Casey...

‘Wintery Weather Cold Snap’ in New Zealand Brings Subzero Temperatures and Snow

Above map shows: The level of Frost Risk based on the Minimum Temperature in (°c), GFS model data provided by NOAA. A surprisingly severe cold spell blew across New Zealand...

Snowfall Ushers in June in Colorado

Image above from a tweet from Sydney Jackson, morning meteorologist with KKTV 11, Colorado Springs. As reported by Storyful in a story carried by Yahoo News, snow fell in the...

South Africa Gets mid-Autumn Snow

The South African reports that parts of South Africa received an early bout of snow in late May. Citing and linking to a Tweet from VoxWeather forecaster Annette Botha,...

Snow Falls on Chilean Peaks with Winter Still Weeks Away

Above Image: Ski Portillo via Facebook, May 22, 2023. The last week of May was a good one for Ski Portillo Chile resort, which received its first significant snowfall of...

Cold Weather Continues to Dominate Large Parts of Australia

The weather in Australia has been unseasonably cold and has set new cold records. Climate Change Dispatch reports: Icy polar air masses continue to dominate large parts of Australia –...

Parts of New England Have Seen the ‘Biggest Temperature Drop in 24 Hours,’ says NWS

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Boston reported on Twitter that a very fast and very cold drop in temperature for the region was observed on Saturday, June 3,...

Alaska Experiences Fourth Colder than Normal Winter in a Row

Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show that 2023 was the fourth year in a row that Alaska has experienced colder than normal winters. 2023's cold winter...

Northern U.S. Vineyards and Orchards Damaged by Late Season Cold and Frost

From Ohio, to Vermont, to New York and beyond, across a broad swath of the Northeastern United States, a late-spring freeze delivering record setting cold temperatures and frost has...

Mongolia’s Brutal Winter Continues to Threaten Livestock and People

It has been a brutal winter season in 2022/2023 in Mongolia, and it shows no signs of abating even as summer approaches. Electroverse reported in early May the fact that...

Pending Summer Doesn’t Curtail Snowfall in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

Image: Spains Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, via Wikipedia by Antonio Morales García from Granada, España - Huellas “Snowfall on the verge of summer in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain,” announced the headline of...

Snow Storms Caused Shutdown of Major Pass Between Chile and Argentina, Stranding Tourists

Image above: The Paso Internacional Los Libertadores complex remains CLOSED due to heavy snowfall in the high mountains. Via Los Libertadores Twitter Feed Heavy snowfall and wind in Mendoza, Argentina, and...

Mount Washington and Other Areas in New Hampshire Got Some Mid-May Snow and Cold

Parts of New Hampshire experienced colder than normal temperatures for mid-May, with some ski areas receiving snow. “The calendar might read mid-May but the White Mountains will feel more like...