New York Times, 3/22/2021
Two massive storms have converged over eastern Australia, dumping more than three feet of rain in just five days. In a country that suffered the worst wildfires in its recorded history just a year ago, the deluge has become another record-breaker — a once-in-50-years event, or possibly 100, depending on the rain that’s expected to continue through Tuesday night.
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Scientists note that both forms of catastrophe represent Australia’s new normal. The country is one of many seeing a pattern of intensification — more extreme hot days and heat waves, as well as more extreme rainfalls over short periods.
2/26/2021 update starts here
Well above the average for the Stockholm area
VOA News, 2/25/2021
Sweden’s national weather service, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Thursday reported a new national high temperature for February — 16.8 degrees Celsius.
The SMHI confirmed the record on its Twitter account, attributing the high temperatures to the föhnvind, a warm, dry wind that traditionally comes out of the mountains.
Record temperatures were also reported Thursday in Poland where Makow Podhalanski hit 21.7 degrees Celsius, and in Slovakia, where the southwestern city of Hurbanovo reported a high of 20.8 Celsius.
Fahrenheit conversion:
- Sweden (62.6)
- Poland (71.1)
- Slovakia (69.4)
2/24/2021 update starts here
Sacramento Executive hit a high of 76°, breaking the old record set back in 2014 of 75°.
Stockton also broke the previous record of 73° set in 1991 by reaching a high of 77° late Tuesday afternoon.
2/23/2021 update starts here
Washington Post, 2/22/2021
The extreme February temperatures in eastern China were preceded by a pair of national records in Mongolia. The country set an all-time February record on Friday in the central city of Tsetserleg, when a high temperature of 59.7 degrees was measured. The previous record of 58.4 degrees was set in 1992 in Dalanzadgad, farther to the southeast.
12/3/2020 update starts here
Bloomberg Green, 12/2/2020
This decade will be the hottest on record, with the warmest six years all happening since 2015, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s annual State of the Global Climate 2020 report published Wednesday.
“To put it simply, the state of the climate is broken,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said after the report was released. “Humanity is waging war on nature and this is suicidal —nature always strikes back and it is already doing so.”
12/1/2020 Australia 2020/21 edition starts here
Washington Post, 11/30/2020
In a development ominously similar to the events that led to 2019-2020′s devastating wildfires, millions of Australians are sweltering through a record-shattering heat wave that has set off hundreds of wildfires in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
The heat has been more notable than the bush fires at this point, with Sydney seeing back-to-back days with temperatures exceeding 104 degrees (40 Celsius) over the weekend, a feat that had not been accomplished during the month of November in 160 years of record-keeping.
Climate change as a matter of fact
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