GET ME REWRITE: Much of the rest of the world broiled while residents of Europe and North America froze their asses off

 

Graphic:  Iberdrola

Headline:  Down to Earth, 2/10/2026

Akshit Sangomla reports:

The destabilised jet stream allowed frigid cold air into the lower latitudes, bringing heavy snowfall to many regions in Europe, North America and Siberia. As a result, Europe’s average land temperature for the month was -2.34°C, the coldest January month for the continent since 2010. “Widespread cold conditions occurred across Fennoscandia, the Baltic States, eastern Europe, Siberia and the central and eastern United States,” according to the C3S. 

While Arctic was sending cold air down south, the region was itself experiencing higher than average temperatures, especially in the “Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Baffin Bay, Greenland, and the Russian Far East”. 

In the Southern Hemisphere, where it is summer season right now, temperatures in southern South America, Northern Africa, central Asia, most of Australia and Antarctica were much higher than the normal. This lead to extensive and intense heatwaves in many regions and even triggered wildfires. [emphasis added]

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