{"id":312685,"date":"2024-03-25T09:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T08:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=312685"},"modified":"2024-03-25T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T08:26:33","slug":"unusual-cold-plagues-both-northern-southern-hemispheres-arctic-sea-ice-strengthens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=312685","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Cold Plagues Both Northern, Southern Hemispheres\u2026.Arctic Sea Ice Strengthens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What follows are\u00a0excerpts from EIKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unexpected snow in Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the desert of Afif, west of Riyadh, it snowed unexpectedly, both citizens and tourists were shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The significant drop in temperatures was expected with strong north-westerly winds making it even colder. Last year (2023), parts of Saudi Arabia saw its first snowfall in 100 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolstered by the increasing snowfall in recent years (and despite the \u201cdevastating effects of climate change\u201d), Saudi Arabia is working to improve its mountain tourism with its own ski resort to be built by 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freezing Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This past week, the Australian continent saw temperature anomalies of up to 28\u00b0C below the multi-decadal norm, affecting large regions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GFS-2m temperature anomalies (\u00b0C) March 20 \u2013 26, 2024 [tropicaltidbits.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201357,9\u00b0C in Greenland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperatures in Greenland have fallen sharply as the thermometer in Summit showed -55.1 \u00b0C on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday it got even colder, falling to -57.9 \u00b0C, That\u2019s about 15 \u00b0C below the seasonal norm.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Link:\u00a0https:\/\/electroverse.substack.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The exceptional cold in the far north has contributed to Arctic sea ice extent to be above the average for the period 2011-2020, and is rapidly approaching the average for the period 2001-2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chart:\u00a0https:\/\/electroverse.substack.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously the Arctic is surprising the experts, who warned that sea ice there was supposedly in rapid decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unusual, record-breaking cold in India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intense cold persists in Indian cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Chandbali, Paradeep and Baripada, which are experiencing record-breaking low temperatures. On Wednesday, many places in the eastern state of Odisha experienced the coldest March days ever. In Bhubaneswar, a maximum temperature of only 19.2 \u00b0C was recorded yesterday, breaking the previous record of 24.3 \u00b0C by a whopping 5\u00b0C!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In northern India, snow from the north is bringing down temperatures in the lower latitudes in central and southern India. In many cities, including the eastern metropolitan cities of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Chandbali, Paradeep and Baripada, record low March temperatures were recorded, beating benchmarks from the 1970s and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record low in New Zealand<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the southern hemisphere, where summer has come to an end, the temperature in Whanganui, New Zealand dropped to 4\u00b0C on Wednesday morning, the second lowest March temperature in the town\u2019s history. The lowest March low of all time was recorded on March 28, 1985 (solar minimum of the 21st cycle) at 2.5 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New lows recorded in Australia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A severe cold snap has hit southeastern Australia. In the mountains of New South Wales, there was frost in the Perisher Valley with temperatures as low as -5.7\u00b0C. This is only 1.4\u00b0C above the national record for the month of March. Thredbo recorded -4.4\u00b0C. Cooma also recorded an impressive -1.9\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mt. Hotham, Victoria, the national record was missed by just 1.2\u00b0C, at -3.1\u00b0C. Monthly records also fell in Omeo, Victoria: on Thursday morning, the temperature of -0.7\u00b0C was a whole 1\u00b0C below the previous record (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in Cleve, South Australia, the temperature of 6.8 \u00b0C also exceeded the old record by 1 \u00b0C (yet to be confirmed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature in Antarctica plummets to near -68\u00b0C<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On March 21, the seasonal minimum at Concordia dropped to -67.7\u00b0C, from -67.4\u00b0C on March 20.
Antarctica is cooling, the data is clear\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full report (in German) at EIKE here<\/a>:
Compiled by Christian Freuer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also see: electroverse.substack.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Temperatures in Greenland have fallen sharply as the thermometer in Summit showed -55.1 \u00b0C on Saturday.
\nOn Monday it got even colder, falling to -57.9 \u00b0C, That\u2019s about 15 \u00b0C below the seasonal norm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":312693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818326,691818216,691818252,691818237,691818351,691825370],"class_list":{"0":"post-312685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-antarctica","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-greenland","11":"tag-india","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-saudi-arabia","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00september-arctic-sea-ice-second-lowest-on-record-climate-change-1.jpg?fit=3945%2C2219&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1jlj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":438980,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=438980","url_meta":{"origin":312685,"position":0},"title":"Saudi Arabia Restores East-West Oil Pipeline to Full 7 Million bpd Capacity After Attacks","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/04\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Saudi Arabia announced on April 12, 2026, that it has restored full operational capacity on its East-West oil pipeline (also known as Petroline) to approximately 7 million barrels per day (bpd).","rel":"","context":"In \"East-West oil pipeline\"","block_context":{"text":"East-West oil pipeline","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=east-west-oil-pipeline"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Saudi-Arabia-Restores-East-West-Oil-Pipeline-to-Full-7-Million-bpd-Capacity-After-Attacks.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Saudi-Arabia-Restores-East-West-Oil-Pipeline-to-Full-7-Million-bpd-Capacity-After-Attacks.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Saudi-Arabia-Restores-East-West-Oil-Pipeline-to-Full-7-Million-bpd-Capacity-After-Attacks.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Saudi-Arabia-Restores-East-West-Oil-Pipeline-to-Full-7-Million-bpd-Capacity-After-Attacks.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0-Saudi-Arabia-Restores-East-West-Oil-Pipeline-to-Full-7-Million-bpd-Capacity-After-Attacks.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":222591,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=222591","url_meta":{"origin":312685,"position":1},"title":"France ski world blasts Asian Winter Games in Saudi Arabia","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pompous climate obsessives on the warpath again. 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