Comments on: Anecdotal cold weather news from around the world

By: evanjones

evanjones — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:29:19 +0000

And the AMO and NAO may be about to flip on you. It may prove necessary to batten down the hatches.

By: Paulo

Paulo — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:52:46 +0000

Hi all, in Europe it has been a generally cool summer in western side (Uk, Portugal) but warm in the eastern part. In Austria, where I am living, after a very mild winter it was quite a long warm season and we had record thunderstorms. But the warm was average and not the extreme like 2003 and 2007. In September the weather is now much colder than average with already some snowfall in mountains (and its still official summer!).
In Portugal, my home country, it was a warm winter (with really unusual warm in February), then the cold and wet weather follow all spring and summer.
But I guess this is still not extraordinary weather. We forgot quickly how cool was the weather before the rapid warming of the decade of 90. It used to be like this before! The lack of sunspots, la nina, and recent volcanic eruptions help bring this cold weather for 2008 and perhaps still in 2009. But it is still far from being a little ice age climate!

By: 30 day weather forecast

30 day weather forecast — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:51:39 +0000

[...] today Australia: http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/cold-weather-here-to-stay/9718 Cold weather herehttp://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/anecdotal-cold-weather-news-from-around-the-world/Wet, wild weather The Peterborough ExaminerA severe thunderstorm hit the area with torrential [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:58:08 +0000

It’s been cooler this Summer in Beaufort, South Carolina except for three days in the second week of August when it reached over 100 degrees F. It’s cooled back down to the low to mid 80’s since then. Trees have started to change color here early. The first trees to change color here for fall is the sycamore they always change in late August but this year they have started to change in late July I have never seen them change this early since I have lived here 37 years. some other trees that have started to change are the red oaks, sweet gum, maples and some dogwoods. There has also been a coolness to the air even on the hotter days this year. It’s usually very hot and humid down here in the summer. Maybe we’ll get some snow down here for winter that has not happened since 1989.

By: hal786

hal786 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:34:29 +0000

in england da weathers terrible too its lyk thunder lighting in summmer weird init

By: joshrains

joshrains — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:46:58 +0000

i hate windows vista …too!!
all versions!!

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:58:46 +0000

The weather service in New Zealand and the news media have been strangely silent on any possible connection between the recent cold spell, record snow levels and “climate change” – formerly known as “global warming”. Notwithstanding this, the old media (ie everything excepting the internet) continues to be littered with the usual doom and gloom stories about the feared consequences of carbon dioxide global warming. When will they wake up? They are losing their audience to the internet, because the truth is more accessible here.

By: Willem de Lange

Willem de Lange — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:21:40 +0000

A record snow base now exists at Turoa Skifield in New Zealand. Snow graphs are available at
http://www.mtruapehu.com/winter/latest-news/

Unfortunately there was so much snow we couldn’t get to the skifield last weekend, and it is still snowing … :)

By: iceFree

iceFree — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:31:47 +0000

Well second line of thunderstorms ripping though Hamilton today. We did have a rain free weekend for a change. Supposed to be sunny all this week we will see.

By: Sydney iceman

Sydney iceman — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:29:27 +0000

It has been colder than usual this winter in eastern Australia. Here in Sydney the winter has been more extended and we’ve had more days of frost than usual. Snow has fallen to about 1200Ft (350m) in the south of the state and down to sea level in Tasmania. This would not be unusual in 1970 but we haven’t had many cool winters like this for 30 years. This morning it’s 2.5 degrees again amd we had a sleety shower last evening with the thermometer reading about 4C.
Although this is warm compared with northern Hemisphere climates we are all looking forward to spring here. While it’s still cold though I’m off to the ski fields this weekend to make use of the 2m base of dry powder.

By: Dave Andrews

Dave Andrews — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:03:48 +0000

Mary H,

The reference to my teenagers was meant to be humorous.

With regard to temperature, whilst anecdotal, I suspect most posts are not reliant on individual points of view and they are largely consistent from several continents.
Does this prove anything, maybe not, except that the UK Met Office constantly talking up the warming and getting their longer term forecasts spectacularly wrong, in the face of individual peoples actual experience, is going to result in tears for the Met Office.

By: Evan Jones

Evan Jones — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:52:58 +0000

Does this theory hold water?

Not if you cut down all the trees . . .

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:04:32 +0000

As to own weather networks – what are the rural stations on the wunderground?

By: Pofarmer

Pofarmer — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:56:06 +0000

We should build our own weather monitoring network.

sign me up, I can give you a choice of some actual rural locations.

By: SteveSadlov

SteveSadlov — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:42:54 +0000

Twenty hundred and froze to death. Not quite as extreme as the impacts of Tamobora, but definitely a pretty lame summer in many parts of the NH.

By: MIke Sander

MIke Sander — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:31:25 +0000

Today in Seattle it is raining and will reach only the mid-60s. That is fine after the past few days of 90s and not particularly special, but, on tuesday night what is described by NOAA as an “unusual” cold front will roll over us, bringing snow levels in the Cascade Mountains down to 7,000 feet or lower. That system may roll down to Colorado on Thursday or Friday. So, watch out down there.

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:34 +0000

WRT to the Corn crop – the Corn crop in N Texas was 70-80 bu/ac average vs 100-110 that we would have expected. March and April were cold and cloudy and the corn got too slow of a start. We did not get our first cutting of hay until the end of june vs the end of may. The Sudan crop did not emerge until the middle of june vs april 15th most years.

This may end up being our wettest august on record AND one of the coolest depsite the 100+ degree days at the beginning of the month. Its been very cool the last few days.

By: RClark

RClark — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:53:45 +0000

garron writes,
We should build our own weather monitoring network.

What a wonderful suggestion. Seems we have posters from all over the globe ( I’m in central Connecticut). Would love to see a suggestion by the boss, Mr. Watts, for such an undertaking.

By: garron

garron — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:22:05 +0000

I would think some would be inclined to ferret out an explanation for the difference between the perceptions of a significant, disbursed, population vs the official history.

Mass hysteria, perhaps.

We should build our own weather monitoring network.

By: Mary Hinge

Mary Hinge — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:09:56 +0000

R Sach (12:14:37) :

Like so many on this blog try to remember what an average temperature is (i.e. day AND night)!!

Dave Andrews (12:56:28) :
“……the BBC weatherman said on the radio that temperatures were normal for this time of year!”
err, temperatures are normal, and using hormone crazy teenagers as proof the weatherman are wrong..frankly bizarre!