“The calendar says it’s the 1st meteorological winter day but in many areas it looks almost like summer: Today Azerbaijan had its hottest December day in history with 29.1C [84.4F] at Lankaran. 29.4C [84.9F] also in Turkmenistan…
“Note: The Azerbaijan new December record of 29.1C is now higher than the November record of 29.0C which was set ….last year.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1466121185528369155
“More incredible stuff: Another tropical night in Russia, now officially into winter!
“At current 3am the Chechen town of Shatoy at 600m above sea level is with a full summer temperature of 23.2C [73.8F] with sustained fohn winds.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1465832995282112512
“Record warmth also in the Middle East:
“This morning with hot Khamsin winds, the Lebanese capital Beirut woke up with temperatures as high as 29C [84.2F] in some areas of the city,while in Israel Tel Aviv rose to nearly 33C in the afternoon and Jerusalem (815m asl) above 28C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1465728020795252738
“Lebanese minister pleads for water as forest fires rage near Beirut.
“Mr Yassine said longer summers, high temperatures and gusts of wind created a “dangerous mix” that make forest fires more frequent. Wildfires raged for three days earlier this month, destroying large areas of greenery in the Mount Lebanon district.”
“Somalia: Intensifying Drought Will Likely Result in ‘Deyr’ Crop Failure and Livestock Losses.
“The *deyr *rains have largely failed since October, causing alarm for the deterioration of food security conditions in Somalia. Intensifying drought has led to water shortages, a high likelihood of crop failure, and atypically high levels of livestock migration and deaths.”
https://allafrica.com/stories/202112010641.html
“Some areas of Oman experienced heavy flooding on Tuesday as heavy rain and hail fell, and authorities warned people to stay away from wadis and other areas prone to flooding.”
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFW9luEQivE
“Delhi’s November air pollution the worst since records began.
“India’s national capital Delhi witnessed its worst ever air quality in the month November this year after recording 11 days of “severe” pollution — ranked as hazardous for breathing — and not one day of “good” air quality, data showed.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/delhi-air-pollution-november-record-b1967645.html
“Mumbai all set to break all-time record for rainfall recorded in 24 hours in December.
“Mumbai is all set to break the all-time record for ainfall recorded in 24 hours in December. The all-time high 24 hour rainfall recorded so far was 54mm in December 2017 and meteorologists have hinted that Wednesday’s rainfall will surpass this mark.”
“Cyclone Jawad: IMD issues red alert for this state – “heavy” to “very heavy” rainfall expected…
“The weather office said that the low pressure area brewing over the south Andaman Sea and adjoining area will intensify into a depression and take the shape of a cyclonic storm around December 3.”
“Bangladesh again!
“With a temperature of 33.7C [92.7F] the coastal resort town of Cox’s Bazar, famous for its nice beaches, recorded the highest December temperature in Bangladeshi history, 0.2C above the 33.5C of nearby Teknaf in 2016.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1466080677460381698
“Rains trigger floods and landslides in Vietnam, 18 missing.
“Heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in central Vietnam have left at least 18 people missing, some feared dead, with houses destroyed and roads damaged, authorities said on Thursday.”
https://wtvbam.com/2021/12/02/rains-trigger-floods-and-landslides-in-vietnam-18-missing/
“December started with a boom in Japan. Over 100 monthly records beaten on the first day of the month! 47 heat records, 63 for rainfall (hourly) and 47 for wind gusts.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1466014130322788354
“Clean-up begins in flooded towns as rising floodwaters pose new threat to other southern Queensland towns [Australia].
“Major flood warnings remain in place for the Dawson River, the Condamine and Balonne Rivers, the Macintyre and Dumaresq Rivers and the Warrego River.”
“NSW has wettest November in 121 years of records.
“NSW has experienced its wettest November since at least 1900, with some inland regions recording as much as four times the usual rainfall as the La Nina event in the Pacific took hold.”
“A heat wave is approaching both Santiago [Chile] and in six other regions over the next few days.
“Specifically, between Saturday and Monday, December 6, Valparaíso, O’Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío and Araucanía will experience extremely high temperatures. In fact, in some cities of the Maule these will reach up to 38º [100.4F].
“November was the hottest, driest ever in the Coachella Valley…
“The average temperature in Palm Springs for the month was 72.7 degrees. The previous warmest November on record, averaging 70.9 degrees, was in 2017. The record heat comes atop bone-dry conditions last month that show no sign of changing this winter.”
https://news.yahoo.com/november-hottest-ever-across-coachella-190535832.html
“California Will Curtail Water to Farms and Cities Next Year as Drought Worsens.
“California plans to dramatically curtail water delivery next year from its network of canals, pipelines and reservoirs to 27 million Californians and three-quarters of a million acres of farmland because of a two-year drought.”
“Seattle’s wettest fall on record has already hit unsheltered people hard, and it could get worse…
“Most of the rainy and cold weather Seattle receives doesn’t trigger emergency shelter activation, which leaves thousands of people outside to fight off the elements.”
“‘This storm is not over’: With more rain coming, British Columbians evacuate.
“Flooding could be made worse by another 40 to 50 mm Wednesday afternoon as record alpine temperatures accelerate snowmelt and threaten B.C.’s South Coast.”
“22.5C [72.5F] today in Penticton, British Columbia! That breaks the previous provincial monthly record by more than 3C and ties the national December record set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1982.
“Also 20.7C in Summerland, 18.1C in Osoyoos, 17.9C in Salmon Arm, 17.8C in Kelowna U.”
https://twitter.com/ThierryGooseBC/status/1466192657881829382
“Here the US answer to the Canadian December record:
“Wyoming: 78F at Buffalo Dec State record tied; Montana: 78F at Jordan Dec State record tied; North Dakota: 71F at Hettinger new December record. Tomorrow it will be even worse.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1466204722419974150
“Climate change brings a perfect storm of raw sewage and rainfall in [US] cities that can least afford it…
“… a new threat looms as the warming planet produces heavier and more frequent storms in the same regions of the country saddled with combined sewer systems.”
“Northern Ireland weather: Warmest autumn ever as Met Office record 10.95C [51.7F] average. [Northern Ireland also had its hottest summer on record, breaking its high temp record on three consecutive days in July.]
“Dr Mark McCarthy, of the National Climate Information Centre, described November as a markedly “mild and dry month”.”
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-weather-warmest-autumn-22335853
“Prepare for more extreme weather, Britons warned in wake of Storm Arwen…
“Storm Arwen was “an event the likes of which we haven’t seen for 60 years” and the UK needs to be prepared for more extreme weather due to the climate crisis, according to the business secretary, as more than 30,000 homes remain without power.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/01/storm-arwen-uk-must-prepare-for-more-extreme-weather
“Years-long drought has damaged Berlin’s forests and healing will take time.
“The overall state of trees is worse than average. This was mainly due to a three-year long drought in the area, that caused death rates and visible damages to go up… Local authorities are taking decisive steps to help forests…”
“Meteorological madness in Spain for the December bridge: anomalous heat with cold strokes.
“According to his model , the climatological winter will be warmer than usual in much of the national territory , although with nuances by regions and months.”
“Tornadoes increase in the Mediterranean as its waters warm.
“The observation of marine sleeves and tornadoes is becoming more frequent on the Spanish coasts (Barcelona, Alicante or the Balearic Islands, for example), but also in Italy and other Mediterranean regions.”
https://cvbj.biz/tornadoes-increase-in-the-mediterranean-as-its-waters-warm.html
“Zombie fires burn at -60C outside Oymyakon, the world’s coldest permanently inhabited place…
“Photographer Semyon Sivtsev shared videos and pictures of the zombie fires outside him home village of Oymyakon, The Pole of Cold. ‘I filmed them near to grasslands close to the village of Khara Tumul, not far from Oymyakon…”
“More icebreakers coming to aid Russian Arctic ships in need.
“The Vaigach has for the past weeks been hectically engaged with icebreaking in the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea, where up to 20 ships have been locked in the ice. This year’s early freeze in the Russian Arctic created a critical situation…”
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2021/12/more-icebreakers-coming-aid-russian-arctic-ships-need
“Rain to replace snow in the Arctic as climate heats, study finds…
“Even if the global temperature rise is kept to 1.5C or 2C, the Greenland and Norwegian Sea areas will still become rain dominated. Scientists were shocked in August when rain fell on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/30/rain-replace-snow-arctic-climate-heats-study
“World’s Strongest Ocean Current in Antarctic Speeds Up Due to Climate Change.
“The Antarctic Circumpolar Circulation (ACC), maybe more than any other ocean current, has a significant impact on the Earth’s climate. Even as we fear that rising global temperatures are slowing one of the world’s biggest currents, we now have data that the ACC is speeding up…”
“The staggering scale of glacier melt demands swift climate action…
“From 2000 to 2019, glaciers other than the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets lost an average of 267 billion metric tons of water each year, give or take 16 billion metric tons, according to research McNabb co-authored in the journal Nature.”
“Heat, no food, deadly weather: Climate change kills seabirds.
“The warming of the planet is taking a deadly toll on seabirds that are suffering population declines from starvation, inability to reproduce, heat waves and extreme weather.”
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