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Kashmir, India, Records Abrupt Drop in Temperature, First Snowfall

Image credit: Navya Sharma for India Today A September 25 article in India Today, reported on a cold front which significantly reduced temperatures in Kashmir and delivered the first snowfall...

Spring Greeted with Heavy Snow in New Zealand

Photo credit: Waka Kotahi It is officially spring in the Southern Hemisphere but don’t tell that to residents of New Zealand where a severe cold front delivered heavy snow. “A heavy...

Snow Falls Again at Alberta’s Banff Sunshine Village

“Yesterday, September 19th, 2023, Banff Sunshine Village took to Facebook to share a picture of the flakes of the season falling,” Powder.com reported. “A quick glance at the...

Freezing Temperatures and Snow Signal Changing Seasons in Alaska

A September 20 headline at Alaska’s News Source (ANS) announced the chilling arrival of fall, “Signs of the changing seasons are showing up all over Alaska.” Along with pictures of...

Autumnal Storm Marks the End of Summer in Finland

A strong storm with high winds downed trees and power lines, arguably signaling the end of summer in Finland. “An autumnal storm, named Varpu, brought strong winds and heavy rains...

The Forecast for Mount Kilimanjaro’s Peak: Below Freezing Temperatures and Snow

Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro’s summit, is experiencing well below freezing temperatures and snow as this report is written, with the same forecast for the remainder of the week, according...

Heavy Snow in Argentina Poses Avalanche Threat

Argentinian Ski Area, Las Lenas was slammed by repeated bouts of heavy snow over the past few weeks, according to Snowbrains.com. “Extreme Avalanche Danger in Las Leñas, ARG, After Resort...

As Spring Approaches, Record Cold and Snow Blast South Africa

The South African reported this week that despite the pending end of winter, South Africa was recently slammed by a polar blast that threatened to deliver record or near record temperatures...

Australia’s Late-Winter Weekend Cold Blast

Image above: The cold front brought freezing winds to Australia's southeast, including Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. Image from WeatherZone.au Various wire services reported that a cold front from Antarctica...

Minnesotans Experience Below-Normal Temperatures, Early Frost

Image above: Forecast temperature anomalies (departure from normal) Monday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather A cold front pushed through Minnesota on Monday, dropping temperatures significantly. Minnesota Public...

Alberta Ski Resort Reports First Snow Arriving Early

Image above: Lake Louise image via Facebook Two months before its scheduled November 10th opening date, Lake Louise Ski Resort, located in Alberta, Canada reported receiving snow on September 6,...

Utah and Colorado Receive End of Summer Snow

Image above: Snow at Bald Mountain Pass in Utah, Utah Department of Transportation. With the end of summer still weeks away, mountainous areas in Utah and Colorado have already received...

Cold Temperatures and Frost to Invade the Upper Midwest

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Duluth reports on Twitter that an early fall frost is likely: Patchy frost is possible for portions of Northland Thursday night into Friday morning,...

Cold Front May Give Australian Ski Resorts an End of Season Boost

SnowBrains is reporting a large cold front may have some Australian ski resorts rethinking their timelines for shutting down their winter operations this season. “Just as Australian resorts have started...

South Africa Gets Late-Season Snow

Photograph Courtesy of the Matroosberg Reserve on Facebook A cold front delivered snow across parts of South Africa on September 5, with more snow expected on September 6, according to...

Uruguayan Authorities Report Late Winter Freeze

The Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology and National Highway Police Directorate issued winter warnings for the regions of Lavalleja and Florida, when a late-season cold front delivered below freezing temperatures...

August Snow Follows a Steep Drop in Temperature in the Italian Alps

A temperature drop of more than 20 degrees in two days was reported in Sestriere, Italy, a village in the Italian Alps near Turin, according both the Korea Post...

In an Unusual Event, ‘Deep Lake’ Freezes

Image above:  Deep Lake, a small elongate hypersaline lake 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Cape Barne, Ross Island. The descriptive name was applied by the British Antarctic Expedition. Parts of a saltwater lake,...

Michigan Sees Below Freezing Low Temperatures for the Last Weekend of August

The National Weather Service in Gaylor Michigan writes on Facebook: It was chilly last night! Out of the 148 low temperature reports we received, guess what the coldest report was....

Alberta Ski Area Gets Early Snow

Image above: Webcam capture from Sunshine Village Sunshine Village Ski Area in Banff, Alberta, is reporting the first snow of the new ski season, coming months before it normally falls,...

Cold Front Brings Snow and High Winds to South Africa

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) as issued several types of Severe Weather Alerts in anticipation of a strong cold front blowing across parts of the country, according to...

New Zealand Ski Resorts Getting Snow

The New Zealand Herald (NZH) reported that with recent snowfall Mt. Ruapehu on the North Island currently has the deepest snow base of any location on Earth. The NZH...

Chilean Ski Resort Hit with the ‘Storm of the Decade’

Image above: Snapshot dated 8-22-23 from the webcam at Ski Portillo showing workers shoveling snow. Ski Portillo, the oldest ski resort in Chile, has temporarily closed its slopes and ceased...

Argentine Ski Resorts Issue ‘Powder Alarms and Snow Warnings’

Seven Argentine ski resorts are expecting fresh, heavy in some places, snow to fall this week, according to J2Ski.com. With below freezing temperatures on the mid-and-upper slopes the existing snowpack...

Previous Record-low Temperatures, Heavy rain in Massachusetts Expected to Affect Apple Harvest

Image above: Temperatures in most of New England were well below normal on May 18. WCVB-TV reports that record cold temperatures and heavy rain in February and May this year...