Extreme Temperatures

Bolivia cold snap brings rare snow to tropical farm region

Reuters
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:09 UTC

Bolivia's largest agricultural region, Santa Cruz, is bracing this week against a surprise wave of snow and ice, causing lasting damage to crops and killing cattle in other parts of the country.

Vast parts of the region, known for producing sorghum, soybeans and wheat, among other foods, have been covered in sheets of snow.

Torrential rains have also caused flooding in the valleys of Santa Cruz, prompting road closure, air evacuations and one confirmed death, according to authorities.

June blizzard atop Pikes Peak becomes terrifying 4-hours for Colorado ranger: 'A day I'll never forget'

Chris Oberholtz
Fox Weather
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:54 UTC

The blizzard forced evacuations due to the heavy snow and winds topping 50 mph.

A blizzard Monday at the summit of America's Mountain will be a day one Colorado ranger says he will never forget.

"One of the most stressful days I've had at work in a long time," said ranger Stephen "Pete" Peterson, who captured footage of whiteout conditions in June on Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs. "A day I'll never forget!"

Peterson arrived at the 14,000-foot summit at noon and then, "BAM!" he detailed in a post on social media.

"A major storm erupts, and we're in blizzard conditions within minutes," he said as the storm forced evacuations due to the heavy snow and winds topping 50 mph. "We had 20-30 cars up on and near summit who were all leaving just as the blizzard arrived."

Massive avalanche hits mountains around Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand, India

Mint
Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:58 UTC

A massive avalanche on 8 June hit the mountains around the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand, however, no damages or injuries were reported.

A video clip shared by news agency PTI shows fumes of snow descending the mountains. The pilgrims and visitors standing in front of the temple were gazing at the snowslide as it took place.

Earlier on 4 June, a similar snow avalanche took place in the state that hit a group of pilgrims en route to Hemkund Sahib. The State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) rescued five of them while recovering the body of one pilgrim on June 5 after the rescue operation resumed.

June snowfall in Colorado

mikesnowsnow
unofficialnetworks.com
Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:51 UTC

Here were on the footsteps of summer (June 2nd) and its snowing in Colorado.

Here is the view from the Eisenhower Tunnel.

NEWS9 reports trough will continue over Colorado today, but is showing signs of slowly moving off to the northeast as the day goes on.

Not enough to bust out the powder skis but we love seeing flurries anytime of year.

Chanshal Pass receives late heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, India - 17.7 inches of snow

Tribune (India)
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:17 UTC

The Chanshal Pass near Rohru in Shimla district covered by a white blanket of snow on Thursday.

The Chanshal area near Rohru in Shimla district has received snowfall in the latest spell of precipitation, leaving the local people surprised. Many claim that it's probably the first time the place has received snowfall this late in summer.

"I don't remember having seen snowfall at Chanshal in late May. We can see 3-4 inches fresh snow in Chanshal area. This is something unprecedented," said Sanjeev Thakur, an orchardist from Rohru.

Meanwhile, the weather department said having snow at Chanshal at this time of the year was surprising and rare.. At Chanshal Pass, the department has recorded 45 cm snowfall. "Due to the heavy and continuous rains over the last few days, the temperatures have gone down significantly. The snowfall is the result of such low temperatures," said Surender Paul, Director, Meteorological Centre, Shimla.

90% of Georgia's peach crop wiped out by prolonged cold snap and unseasonably warm winter

Sam Gringlas
WABE
Tue, 30 May 2023 12:00 UTC

© Matthew Pearson/WABE
Al Pearson holds peaches grown on his family's orchard, which as been in operation for five generations.

Summer is around the corner, and in Georgia, summer means peaches.

But horticulturists at the University of Georgia say roughly 90% of the Peach State's crop has been destroyed by bad weather and a warming climate.

The last time things were this bad was 1955, according to Lawton Pearson of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia.

"I didn't see it. I wasn't alive," Pearson says. "My dad was only six. My grandfather picked two peaches, and they went to California for the summer."

Peaches require a minimum number of chill hours, below 45 degrees, to set fruit. But the first three months of this year were the warmest on record in Georgia, and chill hours here have been declining over the years. That's due to climate change.

Frost season growing longer across Australia (and has been for years!)

Jo Nova
joannenova.com.au
Tue, 30 May 2023 20:27 UTC

Climate experts wrong on Australian frosts, and media say nothing

The IPCC experts were sure would be less frosts in Australia, but buried in a government funded ABC weather report was the virtually unknown admission that the frost season is actually growing across southern Australia, not shrinking. And in some places by an astonishing 40 extra days a year. What's more, the researchers have known about this long term trend for years but didn't think to mention it, and the ABC didn't have a problem with that either. (It's not like farmers need to know these things?)

When asked for an explanation for the increase in frosts, the ANU climate expert said "I think this is one of those climate surprises," as if the IPCC unexpectedly won a game of Bingo, instead of getting a core weather trend 100% wrong.

We note the ABC feigned journalism to cover up for the Bureau of Meteorology and IPCC failures. Where were the headlines: "Climate Change causes more frosts, not less", or "IPCC models dangerously misleading on frosts?" Did any Australian farmers and investors buy up properties and plant the wrong crops based on the global warming misinformation repeated or tacitly endorsed by the ABC, BoM and CSIRO?

Australians shiver through the coldest May EVER as temperatures plunge across the country

Aisling Brennan, Antoinette Milienos
Daily Mail
Sat, 27 May 2023 12:28 UTC

Widespread frost was reported in parts of Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Western Australia on Sunday morning

Australians have woken up to freezing temperatures, with some towns recording their coldest May morning on record.

Widespread frost was reported in parts of Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales and Western Australia on Sunday morning.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded minimum temperatures as low as to -2.7 degrees at Injune Post Office in Queensland.

Records were broken in Hughenden, Queensland, where residents woke up to -1.4 degrees, while Bankstown and Penrith each had their coldest May temperature ever, hitting 0.7 degrees and 0.6 degrees respectively.

Tamworth also recorded its coldest May morning with -4.8 degrees.

Snow avalanche kills 9 nomads in northern Pakistan

Daily Pakistan
Sat, 27 May 2023 11:26 UTC

File Photo

At least nine people were killed when a snow avalanche struck Astrore's district in northern Pakistan.

Reports in the media suggest that at least nine nomads were killed on Saturday and several went missing when a snow avalanche hit them near Shunter Pass of the Astore district of Gilgit Baltistan.

Gilgit Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan mourned the deaths and directed the local authorities to start the rescue operation.

He called on the secretary interior, Director General of GBDMA, and other officials to rush to the spot.

Reports also suggest that GB Chief Minister will also visit the location.

Winter returns: Mount Washington in New Hampshire covered in snow, ice ahead of Memorial Day weekend

CBC News
Thu, 25 May 2023 13:02 UTC

The calendar says June arrives next week, but atop Mount Washington winter is making a comeback.

"Winter-like conditions have returned to the summit this morning with just over an inch of new snowfall and temperatures hovering in the 20s with stiff northerly winds adding a nip to the air," the Mount Washington Observatory posted Thursday. "The wintry weather continues today but improving conditions are expected in the days ahead."

I’m still waiting for my town to be a seaside town. I was told it would be 20 years ago. No movement yet. Very disappointed. 🤪

Hanson

That article sounds a bit whiny, doesn't it ? Perhaps the Biden admin can sanction Russia, to put pressure upon the Russians ?!? :)

codis

Comet trapped between Saturn and Uranus is transforming into a Cling-on. LOL

JTF Truth

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JTF Truth

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Extreme Temperatures

Bolivia cold snap brings rare snow to tropical farm region

June blizzard atop Pikes Peak becomes terrifying 4-hours for Colorado ranger: 'A day I'll never forget'

Massive avalanche hits mountains around Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand, India

June snowfall in Colorado

Chanshal Pass receives late heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, India - 17.7 inches of snow

90% of Georgia's peach crop wiped out by prolonged cold snap and unseasonably warm winter

Frost season growing longer across Australia (and has been for years!)

Australians shiver through the coldest May EVER as temperatures plunge across the country

Snow avalanche kills 9 nomads in northern Pakistan

Winter returns: Mount Washington in New Hampshire covered in snow, ice ahead of Memorial Day weekend

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