Arctic Air Reclaims Northwest; Snowy Europe; Cold Outbreaks Not Caused by Global Warming; + China Is Not A Green Electrostate
Arctic Air Reclaims Northwest
Extreme cold has locked back in across Yukon and Alaska over the weekend, with widespread sub -45C readings.
In Yukon, temperatures crashed to brutal levels across the interior.
Pelly Ranch hit -49.7C (-57F). Mayo Airport followed at -48.9C (-56F). Carmacks Airport dropped to -48.4C (-55F). Beaver Creek Airport reached -47.7C (-54F). Dempster and also Klondike FC posted -47.2C (-53F)
Alaska was even colder.
North Pole 1N plunged to -52.8C (-63F). Chicken was second at -52.2C (-62F). Northway Airport saw -48.3C (-55F). Tok, Eagle, and Fort Yukon all fell to -47.8C (-54F).
Snowy Europe
A sustained Arctic outbreak has driven widespread snow disruption and biting cold across much of Europe, stretching from Scandinavia and Scotland to the Balkans and Turkey.
In the UK, heavy snow has disrupted roads, rail, and aviation, particularly across Scotland where deep drifts and blizzards hit:
Looking east, similar scenes played out in the Netherlands, where deep snow accumulated in Limburg and around Mook:
The wider Netherlands saw some of the most severe knock-on effects, with mass flight cancellations as snow and ice overwhelmed ground operations. Hundreds of departures were scrapped as reduced runway capacity and de-icing constraints rippled through the European network, compounding delays well beyond Dutch airspace.
In the Baltic region, Lithuania recorded its deepest snow cover in 15 years which restricted operations at its Vilnius Airport.
Across Poland, the likes of Słupsk saw persistent snowfall rather than short-lived showers:
Farther southeast, winter intensified dramatically across Turkey.
Snowfall shut off mountainous regions including Hakkari and also Kastamonu where 1.5m (almost 5ft) accumulated:
Anatolia was plunged into extreme cold. In Ardahan province, the Gole district recorded −39.7C (−39.5F), the lowest temperature in the country this season, with multiple locations across Sivas, Kars, Erzurum, and Agri crashing below −30C (−22F). Rivers froze, infrastructure iced over, and daily life was heavily impacted.
