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Desert snow makes winter wonderland in Joshua Tree National Park, California - up to 6 inches deep

Mine Exploration and Hiking with Tom and Julie
YouTube
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:36 UTC

On the evening of January 23rd it started to rain in Joshua Tree, and by morning there were 6 inches of snow, turning the dry desert into a beautiful winter wonderland.

We were some of the first visitors to the park and captured some amazing views. We spotted three coyotes hunting in the snow and a hawk taking flight from the top of a snowy Joshua Tree.

Some of the scenes recorded are of the Queen Valley, Wonderland of Rocks, Pine City back country board, Queen Mountain, Mount San Gorgonio and Negro Hill.

Clouds fill snow-dusted Grand Canyon

USA Today
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:48 UTC

The Grand Canyon was filled with low clouds on Jan. 24, due to a partial cloud inversion, which is when warm air covers cold air, trapping clouds between the canyon walls.

Winter storm brings rare snowfall to Malibu, just one week after temperatures were in the 80s

Daily Mail
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:53 UTC

A rare dusting of snow fell in Malibu on Saturday, just one week after temperatures hit the 80s.

The surprise arrival of snow and hail in the LA County caused both delight to locals who pulled out sleds, and increased road traffic accidents.

Drivers along the Malibu Canyon Road posted photos and videos on social media of them getting out their cars in wonder and playing in the light powder in an area where temperatures in January don't usually drop lower than 20F.

The photos were a sharp contrast to just days earlier when beach-goers enjoyed unexpected temperatures in the 80s.

Heavy snowfall in Skellefteå, Sweden

Tetova News
YouTube
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:02 UTC

Heavy snow in Skellefteå, Sweden - 23 January 2021

Death toll from snow shoveling reaches 70 in Japan

The Japan Times
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:10 UTC

People remove snow from their house in Minakam

The death toll related to snow shoveling has reached 70 this winter, a Jiji Press tally showed.

Deaths were reported in 10 prefectures — Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui.

People aged 70 or over accounted for 48 of the deaths. In many cases, older people died after falling from a roof while removing snow.

Local officials say that people should avoid clearing snow from the roof by themselves.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Objective reality for changes across the planet

Adapt 2030
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:32 UTC

Pods for the homeless in Germany as the E.U gives go ahead to eat worms processed in a factory and calls to change global food production methods. Icy dunescapes in the Sahara Desert.

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Aerial view of rare snow on Taklimakan Desert, China

New China TV
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:37 UTC

Snow covers Taklimakan Desert

View from up high: Sit back and enjoy the winter scape splendor of the in NW China.

Comment: From Wikipedia:

Climate

Because it lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas, Taklamakan is a cold desert climate. Given its relative proximity with the cold to frigid air masses in Siberia, extreme temperatures are recorded in wintertime, sometimes well below −20 °C (−4 °F), while in summer they can rise up to 40 °C (104 °F). During the 2008 Chinese winter storms episode, the Taklamakan was reported to be covered, for the first time in its recorded history, entirely with a thin layer of snow reaching 4 centimetres (1.6 in), with a temperature of −26.1 °C (−15 °F) in some observatories.

Mongolia facing 'one of the most extreme winters on record'

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:14 UTC

Mongolia is facing one of the most extreme winters on record, with temperatures forecast to plummet to lows of -50C for days on end. This has triggered the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to release emergency funds to quickly assist some 2,000 vulnerable herder families.

The extreme winter - known as dzud - threatens the health and livelihoods of thousands of Mongolian herders living in the country's remote central and southern provinces.

Hence, as a pre-emptive tactic, the Mongolian Red Cross Society has delivered cash assistance and livestock nutrition kits in target areas to assist them in meeting their immediate needs and save their livestock, which is the main source of livelihoods for the people of Mongolia.

Rare summer snow hits New Zealand + global cooling set to intensify

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:34 UTC

An unusually unsettled summer is being experienced in Middle Earth, particularly on New Zealand's South Island where substantial snow has blanketed the mountains over recent days and weeks.

There's a fresh accumulation of pow-pow on the peaks around Queenstown this week, after conditions in the Lakes area allowed for flakes to settle.

Frigid polar air left Antarctica on Sunday, and it has lingered over Australasia ever-since. As reported by odt.co.nz, Weatherwatch says temperatures will continue to be down across New Zealand as a storm near Stewart Island slowly tracks eastwards, dredging up the cold. The forecaster elaborated, adding that temps would hold below average for the remainder of the week, with single-digit highs likely through parts of Otago and Southland.

The Remarkables ski area received 10cm (4 inches) of rare summer snow overnight Tuesday (shown below), with another 15cm (6 inches) in the immediate forecast.

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Animals are frozen solid as temperatures drop to -56 Celsius in Kazakhstan

Will Stewart
Daily Mail
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:44 UTC

Animals including this dog have been frozen solid after temperatures dropped to minus 56C in Kazakhstan

Animals have been frozen solid after temperatures dropped to minus 56C in Kazakhstan.

Videos show both a hare and a dog frozen to death amid bitter conditions sweeping across the vast Central Asian nation.

The hare was trapped while climbing through a fence before dying in the arctic conditions and its body had to be pulled free by locals.

The dog appears to have become stuck while walking through a snow-covered field.

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Desert snow makes winter wonderland in Joshua Tree National Park, California - up to 6 inches deep

Clouds fill snow-dusted Grand Canyon

Winter storm brings rare snowfall to Malibu, just one week after temperatures were in the 80s

Heavy snowfall in Skellefteå, Sweden

Death toll from snow shoveling reaches 70 in Japan

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Objective reality for changes across the planet

Aerial view of rare snow on Taklimakan Desert, China

Mongolia facing 'one of the most extreme winters on record'

Rare summer snow hits New Zealand + global cooling set to intensify

Animals are frozen solid as temperatures drop to -56 Celsius in Kazakhstan

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