Rare April Cold Hits Antarctica (-112F); Heavy Spring Snow Traps 1,000 Vehicles In Northern India; Wild Swings In New Jersey; The Wind Didn't Blow As Hard In 2023; + Big Solar Flare
Antarctica has also just posted its seventh colder-than-average month in a row.
Rare April Cold Hits Antarctica
Extreme cold has arrived unusually early in Antarctica this year.
Vostok, a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, posted a low of -80C (-112F) on April 29:
This is Vostok's first sub -80C in the month of April since April 19, 1998, and only the fourth occurrence in the operational history of the research facility (1958).
The chronology: -81.8C on April 25, 1964; -80.7C on April 24, 1981; -80.7C on April 19, 1998; and now -80C on April 29, 2024. For ref: Antarctica's lowest-ever reliable air temperature remains the -89.2C (--128.6F) set on July 21, 1983.
The bottom of the world is cooling, as evidenced by the data:
The cold has been truly impressive, and widespread.
The below map, courtesy of Ryan Maue, shows 2m air temperatures (F) for April 29:
Also just in is the South Pole Station's preliminary temperature for the month of April.
With an average of -59.6C, or -2.2C below the multidecadal baseline, April 2024 makes for the seventh colder-than-average month in a row. We're waiting on the Vostok data to update the graphic below—which is also assured of being below the norm.
A cooling Antarctica is one of the biggest headaches for the AGW Party. That's why it rarely gets a mention despite it being home to 90% of Earth's freshwater (locked up as ice) and so the key player when it comes sea level rise.
2023's dip in sea ice extent makes the news, of course, but the 2024 recovery (shown below) doesn't. This is further proof, if ever you needed it, that an agenda is in play, that rather than reporting on the facts, the establishment is curating a narrative.
Heavy Spring Snow Traps 1,000 Vehicles In Northern India
Heavy snow in and around the Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh, India has trapped more than 1,000 vehicles.
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