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 has also started cold globally—according to CDAS—with the planet -0.024C below the 1991-2020 average.

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.