Yakutia's Deep Freeze; South Africa's First Major November Snow Since 1939; Snowfall Records Approached In New Mexico And Colorado; + The Guardian Offers "Emotional Support Services" To Its Staff

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Yakutia's Deep Freeze

Optimizing Asia's early-season freeze, Yakutia has been enduring overnight lows of -39C (-38.2F) this week.

By Friday, lows of -42C (-43.6F) are expected in the Republic's lowlands, which will see it join Verkhoyansk in this season’s ‘sub -40C club’.

As reported by hmn.ru, across Russia, this is an autumn marked by unusually early and intense freezes and heavy snowfall—the latter of which is aiding Northern Hemisphere snow mass, seeing it comfortably hold above 1982-2012 norms:

[FMI]

South Africa's First Major November Snow Since 1939

South Africa is witnessing its first significant November snowfall in 85 years.

The Eastern Cape province, usually embracing warm summer conditions by now, it officially being summer, finds itself under a historic blanket of snow:

South Africa's first major November snow in 85 years.