“While parts of the world are experiencing a wet February, areas in California are ‘bone dry’.
“San Francisco and most of the northern state have received just sprinkles to no rain in what is usually its wettest month of the year – a first in 150 years of recorded history.”
“Sandals and swimsuits were in order Thursday as Mother Nature cranked up the heat, breaking records in Los Angeles County.
“The unseasonably warm weather was the result of a high-pressure ridge that’s lingered over the eastern Pacific Ocean for much of January and February, rerouting winter storms that typically soak California to the Pacific Northwest.”
“The Great Lakes water levels have gone from a record low to a record high in record time, said Liesl Clark, director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
“It’s taken six years to set those new benchmarks. But since lake levels eclipsed their monthly highs in 2019, the region has continued breaking other records as well. Michigan is currently in its wettest period ever…”
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/the-great-lakes-keep-breaking-records-and-not-just-its-water-levels
“With one day left in February, forecasters say this meteorological winter is on pace to tie 2001-2002 as the warmest winter on record in Boston.”
“Heavy downpours are expected to cause more flooding to homes and businesses over the weekend, as the latest storm to hit the UK takes hold…
“In Wales, where many homes and businesses were devastated in the aftermath of Storm Dennis, the forecaster warned that fast-flowing or deep flood water could cause “a danger to life” and some communities could be cut off by swamped roads.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/28/storm-jorge-heavy-downpours-more-uk-floods
“February 2020 was the wettest February in Dutch history. An average of 142 millimeters of rain fell across the country, while 55 millimeters is normal for the Netherlands in February, according to Weeronline.
“The month was also exceptionally mild, going into the books as the second warmest February since temperature measurements started in 1901.”
https://nltimes.nl/2020/02/27/wettest-february-ever-nearly-warmest-record
“Europe suffered an unusually hot summer in 2019. Seven weather stations in Spain recorded their highest temperatures ever in June, and higher-than-average temperatures and drought were registered across the country in July and August.0
“However, the scorching weather conditions revealed an unexpected sight in the Spanish province of Cáceres…”
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200227-spains-mysterious-underwater-stonehenge
“You have probably noticed that the temperatures on Costa del Sol are unusually high right now.
“February is normally the coldest month of the year when locals wear winter jackets, scarfs and hats. The last couple of days, shorts and flip flops have found their way out of the closet!”
“The potato season has started much earlier than usual this year thanks to higher than average temperatures in Majorca between December and February.
““Climate change is forcing us to adapt in many ways,” says Mateu Export’s Manager, Joan Mateu…
“The effects of record breaking floods from two storms and ground frosts over the last few weeks have been controlled by technology, but Joan Mateu says the worst has yet to come.”
“A new temperature record was set in Kazan [Tatarstan, Russia] in 145 years of observations on 21 February — 4,2 degrees above zero.
“Also, there hasn’t been such a thin snow cover in the last 60 years here. The winter is coming to an end, but, in fact, it didn’t come.”
https://realnoevremya.com/articles/4276-winter-in-kazan-breaks-records
“Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestation in generations.
“A lack of expertise in controlling the pests is not their only problem: Kenya temporarily ran out of pesticides, Ethiopia needs more planes and Somalia and Yemen, torn by civil war, can’t guarantee exterminators’ safety.”
“Meteorologists are monitoring more tropical development near Madagascar which could trigger flooding and also cause some locations to surpass their average yearly rainfall totals less than a quarter of the way into 2020…
“Another downpour or two could push many communities in Madagascar past their annual yearly rainfall amount before mid-March.”
“When you’re lined up at the supermarket, green grocer or deli getting your grocery shopping sorted, the people who actually grew and produced your food are often the last thing on your mind.
“But this summer’s bushfire disaster [in Australia] brought primary producers to the front of our national psyche.”
https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2020/02/28/how-australias-bushfires-will-affect-what-you-eat
“The Great Barrier Reef is still at risk of a widespread outbreak of coral bleaching despite a cyclone to the far west helping to temporarily cool stressed corals, according to US and Australian science agencies.
“Concerns are rising that southern parts of the reef that escaped major bleaching in 2016 and 2017 may be hit in the coming weeks unless weather conditions change.”
“A glacial avalanche on a massive peak overlooking the famed ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru triggered mudslides and flooding earlier this week, killing at least three people in the community of Santa Teresa, below the enigmatic Incan citadel…
“Like the other glaciated peaks of the tropical Andes, it’s been melting and destabilizing at an accelerated rate in recent decades thanks to climate change.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/melting-glacier-triggers-deadly-flood-at-the-foot-of-machu-picchu/
“Following the warmest January in recorded history, February’s expected above-normal global land/ocean surface temperatures could result in the warmest meteorological winter in 141 years of record-keeping.”
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