Extreme Temperatures

FOUR metres of snow dumped on Mount Hutt Ski Area in New Zealand over 2 days

Star News
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 11:36 UTC

Four to five metres of fresh snow has fallen at Mt Hutt Ski Area over the last two days.

Mt Hutt has had a dumping of fresh snow and ice as the severe weather sweeps across the South Island.

Two to three months of rain pelted Canterbury in the space of a few days in the deluge.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie said four to five metres of snow fell at the summit between Monday and Tuesday.

About 40-50cm has also fallen at the base.

He said they were having access issues getting to the top of the mountain and took a helicopter up.

"It was pretty impressive, right up to the top of our big wind fence up there.

"The Hutt is pretty much buried in snow at the summit."

McKenzie said the snow at the summit is crusted with ice.

Rare 'Level 5 snow warning' in place for parts of South Africa

Tom Head
The South African
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:06 UTC

Brace yourselves, winter is... well, it's not just coming. It's actually here. A cold snap has embedded itself in the central interior of the country, but chillier conditions are yet to reach us here in South Africa. Through Wednesday 2 June, a lesser-spotted 'Level 5 snow warning' will be in place for several rural regions.

The SA Weather Service made the announcement on their social media pages earlier this afternoon. In total, four districts have been slapped with an 'orange alert', due to potentially disruptive snow showers. Mountain passes along the Drakensberg Range expected to be closed ahead of schedule, and drivers are asked to make alternative plans.

The Level 5 snow warning has been implemented across these locations in the Eastern Cape:

Senqu / Barkly East
Elundini and Maclear
Matatiele
Sakhisizwe / Elliot

Adelaide in Australia shivers through coldest May morning in almost 100 years

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 31 May 2021 12:55 UTC

For some reason, the adelaide.com headlined that it was the coldest May morning in Melbourne in 70 years. You have to read almost to the bottom of the article before finding that it was the coldest May morning in Adelaide since 1927.

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From adelaiade.com

It was a frosty morning across southeast Australia, with many inland places plunging well below zero and Adelaide dipping to 3.5C — the equal coldest May morning since 1927.

Meanwhile, Melbourne shivered through its coldest May morning in more than 70 years, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Sunday.

Temperatures fell to 1.7C, which is the lowest for the city since mid last century.

Record cold across Northeast US dating back to the 1800s

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 31 May 2021 12:28 UTC

Dozens - more likely hundreds - of cold records were broken or shattered on Saturday.

Many locations broke daily low temperature records, while others shattered lowest daily high temperature records.

Some of these records for lowest high temperature dated back to the 1800s.

For some reason unfathomable to me, AccuWeather forces you to muddle through several rambling unimportant paragraphs before you get to the heart of this story, which is:

Record cold across a huge expanse of the northern tier

Deadly spring avalanche near Jasper, Alberta - 2 killed

The Weather Network
Mon, 31 May 2021 16:16 UTC

Outdoor enthusiasts encouraged to always be prepared after weekend avalanche kills two near Jasper.

Two people are dead after a "slab avalanche" occurred Sunday morning near Jasper, Alta, according to Parks Canada. Officials said the avalanche happened on Mount Andromeda in the Columbia Icefield, a mountain known as a popular climbing destination.

Emergency services received reports of the avalanche at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, and two people were found dead by the search and rescue teams that were dispatched.

Snowfall in Vermont, downpours in Boston kick off a wet Memorial Day Weekend

Caroline Enos
Boston Globe
Sat, 29 May 2021 11:41 UTC

© STRATTON MOUNTAIN RESORT
Snow fell on Stratton Mountain in Vermont on Saturday morning, part of a wet weekend across New England.

It was a rainy start to Memorial Day weekend in Boston on Saturday — and a snowy one in part of Vermont.

The peak of Stratton Mountain was blanketed in heavy, wet snow overnight Friday into Saturday morning, canceling gondola rides, mountain biking, and yoga sessions at the Stratton Mountain Resort.

Snowfall during the spring isn't uncommon on the mountain, but late May is unusual.

Andrew Kimiecik, a marketing communications specialist for the resort, said a small storm hit the mountain during the first week of May last year.

"One out-of-place storm in May isn't always unusual, but to see one this late in the month is a pretty uncommon occurrence," Kimiecik said.

Snow in late May covers Zedo Mountain in SW China

CGTN
Sat, 29 May 2021 17:56 UTC

Located in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Zedo Mountain is an important geographical boundary with the mountainous area to its east and the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to its west.

The mountain is still covered by snow in late May when most part of the country has embraced summer.

It's almost June, but fresh snow falls on Vernon's Silver Star Mountain, British Columbia

Jon Manchester
Castanet
Fri, 28 May 2021 18:32 UTC

It may almost be June, but Vernon's Silver Star Mountain received a fresh dusting of snow this morning.

Webcam images from the resort show snowing falling as of 8 a.m. and the village covered in white.

The Star wrapped up for ski season over the Easter long weekend and is preparing for its summer bike park opening on June 25.

Down in the valley, today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high of 15 C.

Sneaky late-May wet snow in Ontario catches many by surprise

Yahoo! News
Fri, 28 May 2021 18:00 UTC

Sneaky late-May wet snow in Ontario catches many by surprise

Many in southern Ontario were caught off guard Friday morning once they awoke to a frightening scene -- wet snow, freezing rain and ice pellets.

With temperatures hovering just above the freezing mark in parts of the region, a low-pressure system that tracked south of the province Friday morning helped usher in wet snow, freezing rain, ice pellets to parts of the region. Much of the frozen precipitation is falling in higher terrains in the south.

"This pattern of a ridge to the north and low tracking to the south of the Great Lakes is your typical pattern where you can get freezing rain and ice pellets. This setup would be quite normal in the winter," said Nadine Hinds-Powell, a meteorologist at The Weather Network.

"What is unusual though is that it is this late in spring and the cold air intrusion into the moisture is this far south in Ontario."

There were reports of ice pellets and large snowflakes less than 10 km northwest of Milton, Ont., on the escarpment, with a light dusting on some surfaces.

'Mind-boggling for May': Extreme temps continues to hit Russia hard as country records 30 degrees Celsius inside Arctic Circle

Jonny Tickle
RT
Thu, 27 May 2021 18:32 UTC

A Twitter post from a British meteorologist has gone viral after he detected "mind-boggling" temperatures within the Arctic Circle in Russia, where the thermometer last week hit 30°C, hotter than almost everywhere else in Europe.

Scott Duncan, a professional meteorologist based in London who designed the popular weather-forecasting website WXCHARTS, tweeted on May 19 that such temperatures are "truly exceptional for any time of the year," but even more shocking in the month of May.

"This part of the Arctic is 20-24°C hotter than average for this time of year," Duncan said.

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Extreme Temperatures

FOUR metres of snow dumped on Mount Hutt Ski Area in New Zealand over 2 days

Rare 'Level 5 snow warning' in place for parts of South Africa

Adelaide in Australia shivers through coldest May morning in almost 100 years

Record cold across Northeast US dating back to the 1800s

Deadly spring avalanche near Jasper, Alberta - 2 killed

Snowfall in Vermont, downpours in Boston kick off a wet Memorial Day Weekend

Snow in late May covers Zedo Mountain in SW China

It's almost June, but fresh snow falls on Vernon's Silver Star Mountain, British Columbia

Sneaky late-May wet snow in Ontario catches many by surprise

'Mind-boggling for May': Extreme temps continues to hit Russia hard as country records 30 degrees Celsius inside Arctic Circle

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