Global Extreme Weather Log
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- Created on 11 August 2020
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WEEKLY GLOBAL EXTREMES
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This page provides a weekly log of unique weather events and information that summarizes some key events of note. Most of the extreme notes are from Electroverse Extreme Weather daily updates.
For clips of these events see my Global Weather Album: Global Weather 2020-2021.
Global Weather Album 2020-2021: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bLyGGEv6oK6f7q9N8
Global Weather Album Spring 2021: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AXJDAGeKLrkcvLvM8
Global Weather Album Fall-Winter 2021-22: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7Vha3C3tKzmdDNyp7
Global Weather Album Winter 2022-23: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yMZB2gDoTbqLZzdQA
Global Weather Album Summer 2023: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rBprNqGzNmHBodKy8
Global Weather Album Fall - Winter 2023: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZtfEjJRJ14eKVKpw6
Global Weather Album Winter 2024: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DdoiQp1TL7DGMC1B7
The purpose of these Global Extreme Weather Logs is to educate and inform you about Mother Nature’s way of keeping a balance in our planet’s weather. I provide examples of events that may not be reported elsewhere and physical explanations of the causes of these extremes. Note: I do not focus on heat as the MSM covers that aspect of our climate variability..
7 July 2025
Tragedy struck the Hill Country of Texas around Kerrville, where a mini-cyclone -remnants of Hurricane Flossi triggered heavy thunderstorms and record flooding rains (12-18 inches). They had a devastating flash flood on the Guadalupe River which rose 29 ft in 45 minutes on the 4th of July. Over 81 people died in this flood with many still missing. Other parts of Texas are having floods as the ground is saturated and local storms dump heavy rain.
July continued the extreme weather in both hemispheres as the northern jet weakened and moved north and the southern jet intensified bringing heavy snows, cold, and precipitation. The US had two extremes as record uncomfortable hot air moved east, a cold front brought relief, and heat returned to the West in the wavy jet.
Europe also had extremes of heat and cold from Spain to the UK and Norway to Russia respectively. Moscow had the coldest late June on record, while Western Europe was +16ºC above normal. On July 6th, a strong cold front moved south across France and Germany into Slovenia and the Balkans providing relief from the heat wave. Temperatures dropped 4-8ºC below normal ! A large 1031 mb Azores High is bringing a cool NW on shore flow to N Central Europe this week.
“According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, almost all weather stations reported below-average temperatures for June. Reykjavík averaged 8.8C (47.8F), one degree below the 1991–2020 norm, with Akureyri dropping to 8.1C (46.6F), a full 1.5C (2.7F) below the norm.” Greenland is still having significant snows with a daily SMB record spike as the accumulated SMB remains above average for 2025.
Asia remained cool in India under the monsoon. The most significant extreme event was an explosive volcano in Indonesia. “Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores, Indonesia, erupted on Monday, July 7, launching a volcanic ash column to 19,584 meters (64,267 feet)—deep into the stratosphere. This makes it the highest eruption of 2025 so far—and so the most climate-relevant.” SO2 from this major eruption will cool the atmosphere significantly - something to watch. Along these lines the solar flares have dramatically decreased leading to a weakening of our magnetosphere and increased deep space cosmic rays which produce cloud condensation nuclei. This too may lead to global atmospheric cooling. We shall see! Summer snows of 20 cm hit Turkey this week above 2000 m, another rare event.
The Southern Hemisphere was unusually cold with snow falling on the Atlantic beaches of Argentina! Record cold and snow hit parts of Brazil, Uruguay. “Temperatures dipped to -1.9C (28.6F) in Buenos Aires this week, the coldest since 1991. In El Palomar, just outside the capital, it plunged to -7.4C (18.7F)—the second-lowest temp since records began in 1935.
Further south, in the Patagonian town of Maquinchao, hit -18C (-0.4F), with some areas besting lows not seen since the infamous 1991 freeze.” The Andes are also having a banner winter with 2-5 m 15-day snow forecasts. Ski areas are enjoying an early season.
Deep 986 mb storm of coast of Sydney brought heavy rain and snow to the Snowy Range up to 22mm/3hrs and 75cm of snow. Intense pressure gradients (1039-949mb ) produced 60 kt blizzards along the Antarctic coast as interior temperatures fell to -76ºc and McMurdo Base hit -30ºC. A deep 933 mb storm sits N of the Thwaites Glacier and is pumping heavy precipitation into the Antarctic Peninsula - 2-4 m of new snow. New Zealand continues to have significant snows in the Alps.
New album: Summer 2025: https://photos.app.goo.gl/97DXAuejffVZwq469
My albums provide detailed satellite, model, and other analyses that document the weekly weather of interest.
Spring 2025: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uw7pS9A8TtNmTzSv6
Winter 2024-25 Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dptScrC2ePBxJdVJ9
FALL ALBUM: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cMYFVJgHcNTsSaBRA
Summer 2024 album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/egYrzbhS53gNoa5JA
THE FOLLOWING TABLES show the observed temperatures at key points from Greenland to Vostok and the ECMWF 10-day snowfall forecasts at key points around the world where glaciers may be receding or growing.
OBSERVED TEMPERATURES and ECMWF 10-DAY SNOWFALL FORECASTS:
See: https://photos.app.goo.gl/D4FSQPjmzrAwbS2q9
You can see the magnitude of the storms on windy.com and in NOAA’s GOES satellite imagery: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/fulldisk_band.php?sat=G18&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12
Temperature anomalies are tracked on:
tropicaltidbits.com
see: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=us&pkg=T2ma&runtime=2024021212&fh=6
The windy.com wave map shows the deep storms:
see: https://www.windy.com/-Waves-waves?waves,67.842,-1.230,3,i:pressure
Previous notes of interest:
The La Niña has formed as of 6/19/24. It continues to evolve with a 70% chance of fully developing by November 2024 according to NOAA’s latest 9/21/24 forecast. The latest SST analysis on 01/27/25 has a complex La Niña/El Niño pattern… The weekly SST anomaly on 27 January showed warming off Ecuador with cooling from 120 to180º W. This warming continued this week of 12 April. The warming turned neutral to cold in May 3rd’s analysis. See the albums.
Dr. Valentina Zharkova, a solar expert from the Ukraine, talks about the sun’s impact on the el Niño in her interview below. She reviews the Grand Solar Minimum and solar system impacts on climate variability.
Valentina Zharkova’s interview at the end of this link provides a comprehensive review of the GSM physics from an expert in this field. Dr. Zharkova reviews the physics, mathematics, and relationships of solar cycles, orbital mechanics, magnetosphere impacts, volcano cycles, and el Nino cycles related to the earth’s inclination…
https://electroverse.info/coldest-may-80n-greenland-gains-warmer-in-the-past-zharkova-interview/
Her primary web site: https://solargsm.com/
Last week a major Antarctic cold front moved northward over Australia triggering heavy rains up to Alice Springs. Monthly cold records were set in March. Note: Jennifer Marohasy discusses Australian forecasts and observations every week.
JENNIFER MAROHASY’s latest: https://jennifermarohasy.com/2024/01/cyclone-jasper-bom-forecasting-getting-to-the-truth/
Note: 2023 was the first time since 1987 when Australia’s mountains had snow on the ground all year. The mean February temperature was 0.2ºC below normal making the summer mean temp 0.5ºC below normal. New Zealand continues to increase snows over the South Island with 1-2 m and heavy rain at low elevations on the West coast 57-260 mm. Note: October 25-30, 2023 the interior of Australia had satellite surface temperatures from 10 to 31ºC - spring was here with a few cool highs. This year Fall temperatures ranged from 5 to 35ºC by 19 May 2025.
https://www.windy.com/-New-snow-snowAccu?snowAccu,next10d,-66.653,-60.776,4,i:pressure,m:NPaelA
For those interested in understanding the current weather, I have documented events in the Albums showing model, satellite, radar, images.
Electroverse provides an excellent source of extremes not reported in the MSM:
Latest Extremes: 7 July 2025
South America’s Cold Chaos; Polar Blast Fuels Deep Snowpack: Valle Nevado Fully Open with 6+ Feet; Moscow Coldest Late-June On Record; + 2 Degrees Of Hysteria
July 1, 2025 Cap Allon
South America’s Cold Chaos
Another cold blast has disrupted life across South America, with Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Paraguay all facing major travel shutdowns, agricultural damage, and public infrastructure strain.
By Tuesday (July 1), airports across Brazil—including São Paulo-Guarulhos, Rio/Galeão, Brasília, and Salvador—had delayed or canceled over 150 flights. Freezing rain, strong winds, and zero visibility grounded operations for LATAM, Azul, GOL, and Aerolíneas Argentinas. Argentina, Chile, and Peru are reporting similar aviation disruptions.
Over the weekend, temperatures plunged 10 to 20C below average across the south. On Sunday, Puerto Natales, Chile, logged -15.7C (3.7F)—a new monthly record, breaking the -12.9C (8.8F) from June, 2024, which itself broke a 1992 record of -12.8C (9F).
Subzero nights triggered frost alerts across Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, threatening key crops.
The high-pressure system behind this polar plunge is pushing north. Paraguay, Bolivia, and central Peru—accustomed to warm winters—are now facing daytime highs in the mid-teens (50s F) with overnight lows dipping below zero. Frost-sensitive crops and unheated rural homes are at risk.
This isn’t a routine cold snap. It’s a multi-country breakdown. Fields are freezing. Flights are grounded. Rural communities are exposed. Governments are scrambling to respond—and winter has only just begun.
The media doesn’t care—it’s 33C (91.4F) at Wimbledon. That’s the headline.
But that reading is according to the UK Met Office, a gov agency known for poor station placement and questionable data handling. Of the ≈500 official stations that feed the Met Office’s data sets, 80% are poorly sited, according to World Meteorological Association standards, carrying uncertainties of 2C to 5C.
And that’s not to mention the ‘ghost stations’…
Polar Blast Fuels Deep Snowpack: Valle Nevado Fully Open with 6+ Feet
While the lower elevations of South America are reeling from the cold, the Andes are thriving.
In central Chile, ski resorts are cashing in on the polar blast, with Valle Nevado now 100% open and buried under more than six feet (183 cm) of early-season snow.
Valle Nevado kicked off the season a week early on June 13, thanks to relentless cold and storm-driven accumulation. By June 30, all terrain was open. All three hotels are running at full capacity, and the base is already deeper than most mid-winter averages.
Just north, Ski Portillo is reporting even more snowfall—94 inches (239 cm) to date.
Both resorts are riding the rare and persistent Antarctic air mass that has gripped the continent for much of June.
This marks the third consecutive strong start to Chile’s winter. Last year, Valle Nevado opened on May 31 and logged over ten feet of snow in June alone. The current storm cycle may not quite match that pace, but the season is tracking well above average.
Just north, Ski Portillo is reporting even more snowfall—94 inches (239 cm) to date.
Both resorts are riding the rare and persistent Antarctic air mass that has gripped the continent for much of June.
This marks the third consecutive strong start to Chile’s winter. Last year, Valle Nevado opened on May 31 and logged over ten feet of snow in June alone. The current storm cycle may not quite match that pace, but the season is tracking well above average.
Andes resorts typically run until early/mid-October, but with this much early snow and more systems on the radar, the 2025 season is now expected to go even longer—as it did last year, which closed two weeks later than the norm.
From crop damage and freezing rain, to mid-winter ski conditions in June: winter is off to a very frigid start.
Moscow Coldest Late-June On Record
Late-June brought historic cold to Moscow, setting a new record for the lowest end-of-June temperature ever recorded in the Russian capital.
On June 30, thermometers climbed to just 12.6C (54.7F), smashing the previous record lows of 14C (57.2F) from 1962 and 14.7C (58.5F) from 1976.
It wasn’t just the cold. Barometers recorded an abnormally low pressure of 728 mmHg, a rare event for this time of year, driven by the deep center of Cyclone Cornelius, currently stalled over Kostroma.
The system has delivered persistent cold, rain, and snow, plunging temperatures well below average and dumping up to 40% of the month’s precipitation in a matter of days. Daytime highs are struggling to 15C (59F) with nights barely reaching double digits (C). The weak diurnal swing is giving Moscow an eerie, stagnant chill—more October than July.
As the week progress, highs may nudge up a degree, but they will remain well-below normal for July, and a far cry from summer.
2 Degrees Of Hysteria
“Where most people live they experience over 30°C of change between warm months and cold months… Tell me again how 2° is going to make the planet uninhabitable.
No honest scientist would ever believe this.”
— Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki
Dr. Wielicki’s point is simple: the human body, human agriculture, and human infrastructure already operate across wide temperature ranges.
The below map shows that across vast regions of the world —from North America to Central Asia— seasonal temperature swings far exceed 30C.
Yet we’re told that a gradual 2C rise in the global average temperature over a century is enough to unravel civilization. That claim doesn’t survive contact with basic logic, observed outcomes, or historical precedent.
Below I touch on some common alarmist objections to all this — and why they fall apart:
“Averaging matters more than seasonal variation”
If global systems were truly fragile to small changes in the mean, we wouldn’t see humans and ecosystems thriving across regions with annual temperature swings of 30–50C. A 2C shift in the global average —spread over decades— is minor by comparison. It doesn’t exceed the natural range we already live through, and there’s no evidence it disrupts biological or societal function on a global scale.
“Global warming drives extremes”
That’s the theory — but the data say otherwise. Weather-related deaths are down 90% since the 1920s. Global data on floods, droughts, hurricanes, and heatwaves show no increasing trend. If climate-driven disasters were truly escalating, we’d see increasing real-world damage — not just inflated insurance claims and headline noise. We don’t.
“Agriculture can’t keep up”
Yes, it can. And has. Crop yields are at record highs, in no small part due to rising CO2 levels which boosts plant growth. It’s 2025 — the predicted agricultural collapse hasn’t materialized.
“Sea levels will rise catastrophically”
The Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds most of Earth’s freshwater, has remained stable or cooled since modern record-keeping began. Antarctic sea ice, overall, has shown long-term resilience, with periods of expansion. While any Arctic melting doesn’t raise sea levels — like an ice cube melting in a glass of water, the volume is already accounted for.
Conclusion
The planet has always warmed and cooled — naturally.
The recent warming phase aligns closely with solar cycles, not CO2. The fixation and the fear-mongering is unscientific.
Nature now looks to be preparing a gear shift.
The warming had its moment. It brought record harvests, fewer disaster deaths, and a burst of biodiversity — life thrived. If that chapter is closing, as the cycles of the sun suggest it could be, then say goodbye to abundance… and hi to the COLD TIMES.
Another Cold Wave Reaches Brazil; Argentina’s Beaches Blanketed White; Rare Cold Keeps Atacama Desert Snowbound, ALMA Remains Offline; + Globally, July Begins Chilly
July 2, 2025 Cap Allon
Another Cold Wave Reaches Brazil
Another polar air mass has neared the equator, plunging temperatures across southern Brazil.
At least 35 cities in Rio Grande do Sul awoke to subzero readings (C) Tuesday, the coldest spot being Santana do Livramento which hit -6.6C (20F), according to the State Civil Defense.
Other cities didn’t fare much better:
Rosário do Sul saw -5.4C (22F), São José dos Ausentes shivered at -4.5C (24F), Alegrete at -4.3C (24F), São Francisco de Paula at -3.9C (25F), Dom Pedrito posted -3.4C (26F), Cambará do Sul saw -3.3C (26F), Getúlio Vargas logged -3.1C (26F), David Canabarro dipped to -2.8C (27F), Ilópolis and Lavras do Sul both to -2.7C (27F), Soledade to -2.6C (27F), and Victor Graeff to -2.4C (28F).
Widespread frost was reported, especially in higher-altitude regions like São José dos Ausentes. Black ice warnings were issued across Serra Gaúcha and Campos de Cima da Serra, with treacherous driving conditions.
The risk of black ice should ease by Wednesday as drier, polar air reduces surface moisture. But frost conditions will persist across southern Brazil through the week. The cold wave won’t actually peak until Thursday and Friday.
Argentina’s Beaches Blanketed White
Argentina’s Atlantic coast is seeing snow —its heaviest in over 30 years— as an intense Antarctic air mass grips the nation.
Beaches in Mar del Plata, Miramar, and Monte Hermoso woke to snow this week, marking the first coastal accumulations since 2013, and the heaviest since August 1991—heavier in many places.
The polar front, driven north by strong southerly winds, dropped temperatures to freezing, allowing snow to settle on typically temperate resort towns. Argentina’s meteorological service issued rare snow and cold alerts across multiple provinces.
Snow also hit inland regions, such as Tucumán, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza, and Neuquén. Accumulations exceeded 25 cm (10 inches) in southern provinces like Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego. A football match was suspended in Puerto Madryn amid heavy snow.
As for the cold, lows of -7.5C (18.5F) were registered in Malargüe, -6C (21.2F) in Jujuy, and -5C (23F) in Bariloche. Frosts reached provinces unaccustomed to subzero temperatures, prompting health warnings and fears of crop losses nationwide.
Snow is common in the Andes — not on the Atlantic coast.
Rare Cold Keeps Atacama Desert Snowbound, ALMA Remains Offline
A rare snow event in the Atacama Desert is lingering, continuing to disrupt operations at the ALMA observatory, the world’s most powerful radio telescope. The ongoing shutdown is now in its second week.
ALMA’s Operations Support Facility has been blanketed by snow since June 26.
The high-altitude Chajnantor Plateau above — where ALMA’s 66 antennae operate — is witnessing a deep cold core system, rare for the region, which is driving a mix of Pacific moisture and high-altitude instability into northern Chile.
The result has been snowfall at elevations that rarely see it, including ALMA’s 2,900 meters (9,500 feet) base camp, which typically remains dry even when the higher plateau sees snow.
Winds up to 100 km/h (62 mph) and plummeting temperatures pushed ALMA into “survival mode,” with antennas reoriented to avoid damage, and teams withdrawn from high-risk areas.
This atmospheric setup, more typical of mid-latitude systems than the hyper-arid Atacama, brought not just snow but broader chaos — from school closures and power outages to swollen rivers and landslides farther north.
ALMA’s reactivation depends on clearing and inspection once conditions stabilize.
Ironically, some of the best observation windows occur right after storms, when the cold, dry air minimizes radio interference. But that opportunity is lost if crews can’t safely access the equipment, reports livescience.com.
Globally, July Begins Chilly
Following a multi-year warming spike, perhaps caused by Hunga-Tonga submarine eruption, global surface temperatures have returned to the 30-year average.
Both ECMWF and NOAA’s GFSv16 show widespread anomalies for early July 2025 — particularly across the Southern Hemisphere, Asia, and North America.
Meteorologist Ryan Maue noted: “It’s been a few years, but global temperatures have returned to the 30-years normal … starting July 2025 off rather chilly. Something weird going on with the global weather circulation …”
That “weird” likely refers to a jarring mix of cold anomalies, intensifying tropical storms, and unstable global circulation — a convergence of anomalies: global temperatures snapping back to the 30-year norm, massive cold surges across South America and southern Africa, and an active tropics ramping up near Florida — all at once.
Argentina and southern Africa are deeply cold — up to -38F to -48F anomalies. Central Asia, Scandinavia, and Canada are all running colder than normal. Antarctica is also painted green and blue. This juxtaposition of widespread cooling with an active tropical development suggests major disturbances in jet stream behavior and/or deeper shifts in atmospheric circulation.
Declining solar activity—June didn’t quite give the rebound I was expecting (chart below)? Magnetic pole shift? Something else?
What we do know: both the ECMWF and NOAA’s models show global average anomalies have returned to near zero, which undercuts the relentless warming narrative. The Earth isn’t overheating — it’s in a cooling trend.
The key questions: how long will it last, and what’s really driving it?
Argentina Cuts Gas, Closes Border As Cold Wave Hits; Australia And New Zealand See Deep Early Powder; + Spot The UHI Effect
July 3, 2025 Cap Allon
Argentina Cuts Gas, Closes Border as Cold Wave Hits
Faced with the coldest start to winter in more than tree decades, Argentina has slashed gas supplies to industry and shut a major border crossing with Chile as temperatures tank.
Amid the record-breaking cold, the government has cut off gas to industries and compressed natural gas (CNG) users to ensure enough supply for home heating.
Residential demand has surged due to the coldest start to winter in more than 30 years, and authorities are diverting resources to keep homes heated — even if it means shutting down parts of the economy.
Likewise in Chile, cold records are falling from from top to bottom.
Recently, Balmaceda recorded -18.9C (-2F), with Ollagüe dropping to -18C (-0.4F). In Chillán, -9.3C (15.3F) shattered a 77-year record. Snow and “white wind” conditions shut the Pino Hachado border crossing, choking a key transit route in the Andes.
A graphic for June 30 (released by the Chilean Meteorological Directorate) reveals the extend of the cold.
“From the north to Patagonia, Chile woke up below zero. This June 30th leaves historic records in some areas,” they write.
Emergency crews report impassable roads, and ongoing risks from ice, rockfalls, and blizzard conditions.
Snow chains are mandatory. Freight is stalled. Industry is offline. Energy systems are buckling — because of the COLD.
Australia And New Zealand See Deep Early Powder
As the media milks a few days of summer heat in Europe, Australia and New Zealand are quietly enjoying one of their best early-season snow years in memory.
Briefly on Europe…
Firstly, the alarmist media are only telling half the story, ignoring the biting COLD engulfing eastern nations:
And secondly, they’re ignoring a looming shift which is set to bring a dramatic cool off for central nations:
Back to Australia, resorts like Thredbo hit a rare benchmark: over 1 meter (3.3 feet) of base snow in June — weeks ahead of typical peak conditions.
After back-to-back storms dumped 30–40 cm of fresh powder, ski fields across New South Wales and Victoria are buzzing. Thredbo now has over half its terrain open. Falls Creek and Hotham are reporting 60%+ terrain coverage.
Across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand’s Mt Hutt leads the pack with the deepest snow base in the entire Southern Hemisphere — currently measuring 100–145 cm (40–58 inches).
More than 90% of Mt Hutt’s terrain is now open.
Other resorts, including Cardrona and Treble Cone, have also seen healthy dumps, with Cardrona picking up 29 cm (11 inches) and Ōhau Snow Fields reporting great early conditions.
Some areas, like Mt Dobson, have battled rime ice and temporary closures.
New Zealand’s season, like Australia’s, is off to a strong, cold start, with temperatures plunging as low as -10C (14F) and more snow on the way.
Spot The UHI Effect
This temperature map from southern England says more than a climate model ever could.
Amid a sea of yellow, two hotspots stand out in red: London and Southampton.
While the surrounding rural counties enjoy comparatively comfortable overnight lows of between 13C and 17C (55F–63F), London hits 19.5C (67F) and Southampton 19.7C (67.5F)—a full 5C hotter than the countryside.
This is the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.
Dense urban areas absorb and trap heat thanks to concrete, asphalt, traffic, and a lack of vegetation. Yet these same areas often host key weather stations feeding into national and global temperature datasets.
As cities grow, their heat signature intensifies—artificially boosting the warming trend.
Climate activists point to temperature increases as evidence of runaway warming. But to what degree is this increase merely the byproduct of urban sprawl? I contend it is substantial. London and Southampton today are enormous heat traps, compared to what they were even 50 years ago.
Zoom out, and the countryside tells a cooler story. Hampshire and Wiltshire sit around 15.5C (59.9F). Oxfordshire: 15C (59F). The Sussex coast: 13C (55.4F). The heat isn’t global—it’s local, and man-made in the most literal sense.
This isn’t climate. It’s concrete.
Worse still, official datasets don’t correct for the UHI effect. Instead, rural station data is often adjusted upward to align with nearby urban areas—masking the cooler reality and exaggerating (perhaps largely fabricating) the overall warming trend.
Iceland’s Cold June; Big Freeze Kills At Least 9 In Argentina; Global Temps Nudge Lower In June; + No, Renewables Are Not Taking Over The World
July 4, 2025 Cap Allon
Iceland’s Cold June
Iceland just recorded a colder June than May.
According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, almost all weather stations reported below-average temperatures for June.
Reykjavík averaged 8.8C (47.8F), one degree below the 1991–2020 norm, with Akureyri dropping to 8.1C (46.6F), a full 1.5C (2.7F) below the norm.
Iceland’s “summer” is running cold, wet, and well off-script.
Big Freeze Kills At Least 9 In Argentina
Argentina is in the grips of a deadly Antarctic blast, one driving temperatures to historic lows and killing at least nine people.
Temperatures dipped to -1.9C (28.6F) in Buenos Aires this week, the coldest since 1991. In El Palomar, just outside the capital, it plunged to -7.4C (18.7F)—the second-lowest temp since records began in 1935.
Further south, in the Patagonian town of Maquinchao, hit -18C (-0.4F), with some areas besting lows not seen since the infamous 1991 freeze.
Rare snow blanketed beach towns like Miramar and Mar del Plata—as reported on earlier in the week.
The freeze deepened as the week progressed, resulting in blackouts across Buenos Aires with rising heating demand overwhelming the grid. Gas supply cuts and electricity failures have left thousands without the ability to heat their homes.
In many areas, schools have suspended classes, and public services have ground to a halt.
So far,nine cold-related deaths have been officially reported. Among the victims: a 67-year-old man found frozen outside a garage in Mar del Plata, a man who froze on a park bench in Paraná, and even a baby discovered lifeless in a rubbish dump in Catamarca, likely from hypothermia.
The media isn’t interested.
The climate establishment is quick to link any heatwaves to global warming—no matter how brief or unspectacular (take central Europe this week). But when a polar wave kills nine and dumps snow on subtropical beaches, the silence is deafening.
According to the usual hysteria from EU Today, a “ferocious heatwave” has supposedly brought Europe to a standstill
I live here — and no, it hasn’t.
The trains run, the shops are open, and people are just sweating through it like every burst of summer that has come before.
And by the weekend, it’ll be gone — replaced by cooler-than-average temps the media won’t bother reporting:
Global Temps Nudge Lower In June
Earth’s temperature continues to slip from the 2024 peak.
The narrative told of “brutal heatwaves” and “hottest June’s on record.”
However, according to data from the NOAA and NASA satellites currently measuring the lower atmosphere —part of a long-term dataset derived from around 15 satellites— global temperatures fell in June 2025, down 0.02C from May:
The planet is now cooler than it was in 2016 and 1998, with a further continuation expected.
It’s early days, but July has started cold.
Yesterday (July 3) was a colder-than-average day globally: -0.024C below the 1991-2020 average, according to the CDAS.
One critical factor behind the cooling witnessed over the past 12 months —including July’s cold start— is the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), which remains deeply negative.
Meteorologist Ryan Maue: “Even during the recent strong El Niño of 2023, the PDO remained strongly negative, a continuation of (-) since 1998.” In short, even El Niño couldn’t override the longer-term cooling signal embedded in the Pacific.
The PDO shapes global temperature patterns, ocean-atmosphere dynamics, and the position of jet streams. A sustained negative phase often correlates with widespread cooling and erratic mid-latitude weather — exactly what we’re seeing.
Maue adds cryptically: “I keep thinking about volcanoes” — a possible a nod to Hunga-Tonga, possibly to the increasing influence of stratospheric volcanic aerosols, such as the uptick witnessed in Indonesia in recent years.
No, Renewables Are Not Taking Over The World
Despite the hype and pledges, the data say otherwise: there is no energy transition underway.
According to the 2025 Energy Institute Statistical Review, global fossil fuel use continues to rise — not decline.
In fact, in 2024 alone, fossil fuels added 7.6 exajoules (EJ) to the global energy supply. Renewables, meanwhile, did see their largest annual increase —3.4 EJ— yet that’s still less than half the increase in FFs.
Rather than displacing oil, gas, and coal, renewables are simply being layered on top of them.
The latest chart (above) reveals that fossil fuels still account for 87% of global primary energy — a figure that has only increased decade-on-decade despite the trillions spent on wind, solar, and other ‘green’ tech.
Coal, oil, and gas continue to grow, with gas in particular surging since the early 2000s. Renewables barely register in comparison. They may be expanding in percentage terms, but in absolute terms they remain a sliver of the pie.
Electricity demand keeps setting new records. And rather than curb fossil fuels, the world is simply burning more and more — particularly nation that are seeking to advance their economies and boost their global standing, such as China and India.
There is no energy transition, just an expensive and ineffective energy addition—and largely only in the West.
No, renewables are not taking over the world — thankfully, because the tech isn’t anywhere near ready.
Eruption To 64,000 Feet At Lewotobi Laki-Laki; Summer Snow Hits Turkey; Europe Swings To Record Cold; Greenland Ice Sheet Gaining Mass In July; + Solar Shutdown
July 7, 2025 Cap Allon
Eruption To 64,000 Feet At Lewotobi Laki-Laki
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores, Indonesia, erupted on Monday, July 7, launching a volcanic ash column to 19,584 meters (64,267 feet)—deep into the stratosphere.
This makes it the highest eruption of 2025 so far—and so the most climate-relevant.
The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin issued a red aviation alert, with Himawari-9 satellite imagery confirming the plume’s altitude.
The blast occurred at 11:05 WITA (03:05 UTC). Ash continues drifting westward at 30 knots, with no forecast dispersal data available yet—indicating ongoing eruption or difficulty in modeling such a high plume.
At these heights, sulfur dioxide (SO2) is directly injected into the stratosphere, where it forms reflective sulfate aerosols, dims sunlight, and causes global temperature drops—a process most dramatically seen after Tambora (1815), Krakatoa (1883), El Chichón (1982), and Pinatubo (1991).
While the VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index) has not yet been officially assigned, an eruption sending ash to 64,000 feet strongly suggests at least a VEI 4, with a VEI 5 not out of the question, depending on ejecta volume. Anything at that scale is not just a local event—it’s global.
If SO2 data confirms significant stratospheric injection, we could be looking at a cooling signal in the months ahead. As always, the planet is just one VEI 7+ from an instant return to mini Ice Age conditions. A string of VEI 5s or 6s could also get us there.
Summer Snow Hits Turkey
Rare summer snow has blanketed the highlands of northeastern Turkey.
Elevations above 2,000 meters (6,500 feet)—including Anzer, Ovit, Samistal, Kavron, and mountain villages like Çamlıhemşin, Hemşin, and İkizdere—received as much as 20 cm (8 inches) of fresh snow.
One 65-year-old journalist in Rize said this was the first July snowfall he had seen in his lifetime. Roads to pasturelands were cut off. Tourists expecting lush alpine meadows found themselves filming snow-covered landscapes instead.
Europe Swings To Record Cold
This week, large parts of central and eastern Europe will endure what looks—and feels—like late October, not midsummer.
Highs are already struggling across the likes of Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, and Poland. While in the Alps and Carpathians, snow is in the forecast above 1,300 meters (4,200 feet).
At lower elevations, heavy rain, driven by a cold, moisture-rich air mass and intensified by orographic lifting over the mountains, is saturating the ground from Northern Italy and Slovenia to Bavaria and the Baltics. Local rivers are surging. Flood alerts are active.
A deep trough from the North Atlantic has shoved aside the usual July heat ridge —you know, the same ridge the MSM held up last week as definitive proof that the planet was moments from combustion— replacing it with polar maritime air. A blocking high over Western Europe has locked the pattern in place, funneling frigid air southward.
Cities from France to Bulgaria are bracing for cold records not seen in decades, according to local reports. Mountain zones are already nearing freezing this Monday. And an intensification is on the cards as the new week progresses:
Greenland Ice Sheet Gaining Mass In July
On Sunday, July 6, Greenland recorded a surface mass balance (SMB) gain, according to Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) data.
The NSIDC confirms cooler-than-average temperatures across Greenland’s interior this summer, along with sustained snowfall.
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card also shows above-average snow accumulation across eight inland stations during the pre-melt season, contributing to stronger SMB retention into July.
This level of mass gain in mid-summer hasn’t been seen in decades—possibly not since 1996. July is typically the sharpest melt window, yet this year has delivered frequent snow events and well-below-average melt.
Greenland’s 2024–25 SMB season sits near the top of the 1981–2010 range:
The ice sheet is gaining mass during the height of summer.
Solar Shutdown
After months of fireworks at solar max, the Sun is dimming down.
The latest full-disk image shows a drop in visible sunspot regions, with only a few active areas—4130, 4134, 4129—barely holding on. Sunspot group 4127, once dominant, is rotating out of view, and behind it, there’s currently little to replace it:
The latest June data from the Royal Observatory of Belgium shows a sharp downturn in sunspot numbers.
After peaking above 250 earlier this year, the daily count has collapsed hard:
A sunspot-free day now looks increasingly likely in the coming weeks—a sign that SC 25 is done, with the cycle coming in weaker than updated forecasts suggest.
Sunspots are proxies for solar activity, of course, which influences everything from space weather to Earth’s upper atmosphere. A phase of solar quiet would mean reduced solar flux, fewer geomagnetic storms, and a strong long-term trends: a cooling, not warming, solar trajectory.
The Climatariat still ignore the big picture, the biggest climate forcing of all —continuing to instead play ‘polar amplification’ and ‘feedback loops’— but right now the Sun is going quiet—faster than expected. The potential implications are hard to overstate.
Hurricanes 2017: All time Records
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Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria set all time historic records of intensity, duration and catastrophic damage. This is byfar the worst most destructive hurricane season the United States has ever had. We have suffered hundreds of deaths, massive destruction of property and land, and Billions in damage. These hurricanes were well predicted and emergency evacuations ordered days in advance of the landfall thanks to NOAA's forecast teams, emergency managers and local governments.
2015 Year of Extremes
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Selected Extreme events of 2015
LATEST Major Weather Events
30 NOV 2015: COP21 Climate Talks in Paris
Leaders from over 180 countries from around the world are meeting in Paris to develop a comprehensive plan to curb greenhouse emissions and develop renewable energy. President Obama noted that terrorists were unable to stop such an important meeting of world leaders from taking place. President Obama clearly stated that the US has taken significant steps to slowing emissions and are now producing renewable energy that is competitive with conventional fuels. He stated specific goals for emission reduction of 17% by 2020 and 25% by 2025 and requested that other countries do the same with significant commitments with capitol to drive down costs of clean energy. The US supports emission reductions, but will not sign an agreement!!!!
Data from 2015 indicate that this is the warmest year on record based on surface measurements. Extreme weather continues around the world from record winters to extremely hot summers. Today, Bejing’s pollution set records 17 times greater than world health standards.
7 Dec 2015: Extreme floods in Channi, India and UK.
India battling deadly floods in Chennai
Weeks of heavy rain and flooding have inundated Chennai, India
In 24 hours, Chennai received as much rain as London would in 6 months (CNN)Weeks of heavy rain and flooding have knocked out power, suspended public transportation and left people stranded in Chennai, one of India's largest cities. It has rained 34 of the past 40 days and the heavy-rain-warning continues, according to CNN meteorologists. The rain warning for the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and neighboring Puducherry are forecast through December 5, according to India's main weather office.
UK has extreme Precipitation:
Office: Rain and storms soaked the northern U.K. this weekend, prompting evacuations, severe flood warnings and the arrival of the army in the worst-hit areas. Rory Stewart, the British floods minister, told the BBC that Storm Desmond has “broken all the U.K. rainfall records” and unleashed “a completely unprecedented amount of water.”
Drone footage shot above Kendal, a flood-hit town in Cumbria, shows the flooded cricket ground and people wading through inches of water.
Storm Desmond dumped more than 10 inches of rain on some areas in England, including the northwestern county of Cumbria, while other rain-battered regions such as North Wales got more than seven inches, according to the Met Office, the U.K. weather forecaster. Nearly 50 severe flood warnings (which indicate danger to life) remain in effect in England and Wales, while 32 flood warnings are in place in Scotland.
An Environment Agency spokesman warned "significant flooding" was expected in the area, adding: "The situation is serious and there is a significant risk to life.” Homes around the 18th century stone bridge, over the River Wharfe, were evacuated by soldiers.
An Environment Agency spokesman warned "significant flooding" was expected in the area, adding: "The situation is serious and there is a significant risk to life."
The strongest El Nino on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for tens of millions of people in 2016 aid agencies say.
December 30, 2015 CNN:
More than 18 million Americans live in areas under flood warnings, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.Thirteen states are affected, NOAA said.
One of the states most affected is Missouri, which is grappling with deadly flooding that will threaten cities and towns along rivers for days even through the most of the rain has stopped.
Levees have been overtopped in West Alton, just north of St. Louis. And late Tuesday, St. Charles County emergency officials ordered all people to evacuate the mostly rural area, which lies on the Mississippi River.
Record flooding on Mississippi There have been an estimated 49 weather-related deaths in the past week across the country, with the current severe storm system blamed for 35 deaths: 13 in Missouri, 11 in the Dallas area, five in southern Illinois, five in Oklahoma and at least one in Georgia. Many died after their cars were swept away by floodwater.
Record Flooding in Mississippi River
225 roads closed across Missouri I44 closed in 2 places
US Streamflow Map 30 DEC 2016
Major historic flooding: NOAA Flood Forecast Map
Flood Hydrograph showing historic flood at Cape Girardeau Mississippi: 27 DEC 2015 to 6 Jan 2016
GLOBE
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GLOBE - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment GLOBE presents an opportunity for students, teachers, and scientists to learn and develop scientific thought processes and to understand our environment. In the early 1990’s Vice President Al Gore had an idea to help children around the world use the internet to communicate and learn about each other and their environment. His goal was to have at least one computer in every school around the world. He wanted students to improve their understanding of science and math thru making observations that they could share. I had an opportunity to meet Dr. Sandy McDonald, Director, Forecast Systems Laboratory, NOAA when he was helping Al Gore develop the early stages of GLOBE in 1993. At the time I worked with the US Bureau of Reclamation and was a visiting scientist at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR and UCAR hosted many meetings on GLOBE and UCAR now hosts the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO). One of my interests has been to promote GLOBE in various regions. After returning from Morocco in 1988, I maintained interests with the Direction de la Meteorologie National and with friends at the Casablanca American School. Morocco joined GLOBE after helping make the connections there.
Today, I am interested in helping Slovenia join GLOBE. This effort dovetails with US Ambassador, Brent Hartley’s interest in developing a partnership between the Slovenian Triglav National Park and Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Environmental science and biodiversity are common interests of Triglav and Crater Lake park rangers and environmental scientists.
Lyn Wigbels, International Coordinator, GLOBE Implementation Office relayed this information about recent GLOBE Student Research Experience: "I was pleased to hear about the Ambassador’s project which sounds like a great venue for involving students in the GLOBE Program. Over the years, GLOBE activities have been organized in national parks. Most recently, during our 20th GLOBE Annual Meeting in Estes Park, Colorado, in July, GLOBE students visited Rocky Mountain National Park to take part in a Student Research Experience:
http://www.globe.gov/news-events/globe-news/newsdetail/globe/video-captures-the-essence-of-the-2016-globe-student-research-experience?
This video truly captures the essance of the GLOBE scientific discovery process and clearly demonstrates how it works to engage students from around the world in learning about nature and their environment. It shows how students apply the scientific procss and communicate their discoveries to others working with their mentors.
Joining GLOBE can be a life changing process that enables teachers, scientists, GLOBE partners, and alumni to improve their understanding of earth.
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