France Flips; June Snow Covers Central Mongolia; Rare Summer Snow Hits St. John’s; Renewables Aren't Reliable; + Atlantic Cycle Points Toward Cooling Phase

The 2030s are the likely transition deeper into cooling, with the next North Atlantic low centered around mid-century.

France Flips

France has flipped from heatwave panic to summer chill.

Last week, red maps in late-May were treated as a national emergency.

Now, Météo-France says rain, storms and cool air have returned, with June 5 set to be the coolest day of the week nationally. Highs are generally running 7C below normal.

The climate emergency has been benched.

June Snow Covers Central Mongolia

Central Mongolia is reporting widespread snowfall this week.

Snow is falling in Yesunzuil soum, in Uvurkhangai province, with 15 cm (6 in) accumulating, according to Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring.

Mongolia has a harsh continental climate, with long winters and a short growing season. Summer snow is not unknown on the Mongolian Plateau, but it is rare, especially when it leaves such a measurable cover across the central steppe.

A 2026 study covering 1981 to 2020 classed summer snowfalls on the Plateau as abnormal climate events. A separate UNDP-backed dzud assessment found Mongolia’s winters have also become more punishing. The country has seen six major dzuds in the past 20 years, with frequency increasing since 2000. The gap between major events has shortened from 8-9 years after 2000, to 7-8 years after 2010, to just 3-4 years after 2018. The 2023-24 dzud killed 8.1 million animals, 12.5% of Mongolia’s national herd.