South Africa Chills; Canadian Prairies Swing; Study: Central Eurasia Cooled 2C Over The Past Two Decades; + How Pinatubo Changed The Weather Worldwide

Climate narratives are manufactured. Every spike in temperature is framed as confirmation. Every drop is ignored—and often erased.

South Africa Chills

A powerful cold front is sweeping across South Africa, sending temperatures tanking some 16C below normal.

The GFS anomaly map for May 21 shows deep cold gripping most of the country, with the heaviest anomalies over the Free State, Northern Cape, and Gauteng.

This level of cold in May is rare. Typically a transitional month, May sees average highs around 20C (68F) in Gauteng, but current forecasts suggest daytime temps may not exceed 10C (50F), with overnight lows nearing freezing.

The South African Weather Service flagged this front as unusually strong, and The Citizen warned Gauteng residents to expect “icy mornings” and biting wind chills. Snow is possible in higher elevations.

While mainstream headlines push relentless warming, real-world data tells a more complex story. Regional extremes like this highlight the role of natural variability—still very much in play.

Canadian Prairies Swing

This isn’t science. It’s storytelling.

Last week, southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan enjoyed balmy 32 to 35C temperatures — around 15C above seasonal norms. The coverage was immediate and uniform: climate change, fingerprints, tipping points. The usual chorus.

This week, those same locations shivered through daytime highs of just 5 to 7C — around 15C below seasonal norms. A near-perfect reversal — yet not a word from the consensus-bound commentariat, too conditioned to question the script.

This is how climate reporting works now. Heat is always a crisis. Cold is always an inconvenience — if it's acknowledged at all.

Large temperature swings are not new, not least to Canada, not least in spring. The Prairies are no stranger to volatility. What is new is the way data is filtered through ideology. Climate narratives today are manufactured. Every spike in temperature is framed as confirmation. Every drop is ignored—and often erased.

Study: Central Eurasia Cooled 2C Over The Past Two Decades

A new peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that nearly the entirety of Central Eurasia — 98% of it — has been cooling, not warming, over the past two decades.