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Unexpected snow in Saudi Arabia
In the desert of Afif, west of Riyadh, it snowed unexpectedly, both citizens and tourists were shocked.
The significant drop in temperatures was expected with strong north-westerly winds making it even colder. Last year (2023), parts of Saudi Arabia saw its first snowfall in 100 years.
Bolstered by the increasing snowfall in recent years (and despite the “devastating effects of climate change”), Saudi Arabia is working to improve its mountain tourism with its own ski resort to be built by 2026.
The exceptional cold in the far north has contributed to Arctic sea ice extent to be above the average for the period 2011-2020, and is rapidly approaching the average for the period 2001-2010.
Chart: https://electroverse.substack.com/Obviously the Arctic is surprising the experts, who warned that sea ice there was supposedly in rapid decline.
Freezing Australia
This past week, the Australian continent saw temperature anomalies of up to 28°C below the multi-decadal norm, affecting large regions:
GFS-2m temperature anomalies (°C) March 20 – 26, 2024
–57,9°C in Greenland
Temperatures in Greenland have fallen sharply as the thermometer in Summit showed -55.1 °C on Saturday.
On Monday it got even colder, falling to -57.9 °C, That’s about 15 °C below the seasonal norm.
Unusual, record-breaking cold in India
Intense cold persists in Indian cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Chandbali, Paradeep and Baripada, which are experiencing record-breaking low temperatures. On Wednesday, many places in the eastern state of Odisha experienced the coldest March days ever. In Bhubaneswar, a maximum temperature of only 19.2 °C was recorded yesterday, breaking the previous record of 24.3 °C by a whopping 5°C!
In northern India, snow from the north is bringing down temperatures in the lower latitudes in central and southern India. In many cities, including the eastern metropolitan cities of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Chandbali, Paradeep and Baripada, record low March temperatures were recorded, beating benchmarks from the 1970s and beyond.
Temperature in Antarctica plummets to near -68°C
On March 21, the seasonal minimum at Concordia dropped to -67.7°C, from -67.4°C on March 20.
Antarctica is cooling, the data is clear…
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