California’s Sierra Nevada Makes a Remarkable Recovery from ‘Snow drought’
Image by National Weather Service, Sacramento, CA, Data courtesy CDEC/DWR
The Los Angeles Times (LAT) reports that recent storms brought the snow levels in California’s Sierra Nevada’s nearly up to...
Beijing Closes Snow Covered Highways
Image: Screencap from video by BNN Breaking News, Beijing, China.
The Chinese government closed highways to and around its capitol, Beijing, on February 21, reports Reuters.
“Authorities in Beijing shut some...
Mongolia Suffers Under Extreme Cold and Record Snow
Image: Andrew Cullen (UNICEF) Men use sticks to wade through deep snow in rural Khovd province in far-western Mongolia.
The United Nations is reporting that 90 percent of Mongolia is...
South Pole Station Having Winterlike Summer
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole (ASSP) weather station, operated by the National Science Foundation’s United States Antarctic Program, is experiencing very winterlike conditions this summer.
Both daily high and low temperatures...
Winter Storm Dumps Snow, Rain, in Death Valley National Park
Image: Snow at Death Valley National Park’s CA-190 west entrance on February 8. By Elyscia Letterman, National Park Service.
The location where the hottest temperature was ever recorded on the...
Great Falls, Montana Gets “Impactful Snow” and Below Normal Temperatures
The U.S. National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings for western and central Montana in mid-February for extremely cold temperatures and heavy snow.
KRTV 3 described the snow as “impactful.”...
