Japan's Record February Cold; Snow Returns To California; Hawaii Sees A Foot; Great Lakes Ice Keeps Expanding; Canada Back Below -50C; China's Coal Output Breaks Records; + KNMI Erased Dutch Heatwaves
Here again, we have a government agency rewriting climate history.
Japan’s Record February Cold
Widespread snowfall across Japan was followed Monday by a sharp plunge in temperatures.
The cold was national in scale, with the freezing mark breached across more than 90% of Japan.
In Tokyo, both Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport logged their coldest readings on record, with thermometers crashing -9.7C (15F) and -3.8C (25F), respectively. In total, at least six locales broke their all-time low temperature record.
In the capital itself, Tokyo fell below -3C (27F), marking its coldest February temperature in 42 years.
The combination of usually far-reaching snow cover (which stretches to the Pacific side as well as the Sea of Japan side) and entrenched Arctic air has locked in an unprecedented chill.
Snow Returns To California
Winter is making a sharp return to the West.
