FRIGID DECEMBERS FOR NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, PARTS OF EUROPE, AND ASIA

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As shown by the 15x NASA/NOAA AMSU satellites (that measure every square inch of the lower troposphere), Earth cooled in December, down to a reading of just 0.05C above the multidecadal baseline (the planet was warmer back in the late-1980s).


Earth’s Average Temperature Dropped *AGAIN* In December, Now Down 0.66C From 2016 Peak


National meteorological agencies and institutes are confirming the chill, with countries across both hemispheres posting anomalously-cold final months of 2022.


NORTH AMERICA
NOAA has yet to release December 2022’s temperature data for the U.S. (due soon), but it is all-but assured of being another colder-than-average month –barring some audacious tampering– after the satellites posted a -0.21C anomaly.

Similarly above the border, Environment Canada has yet to disclose the official national average, but regional departures from the norm are in.

Prince George, for example, logged an extremely cold December, posting an average of -7.4C below the climatological norm, with Edmonton not fairing much better, suffering an average of -6.8C below the norm.

It was milder across Eastern Canada, but not enough to offset the West’s record-setting freeze–particularly that experienced in British Columbia; as touched on above, B.C. shivered through truly Arctic conditions last month, cold that has persisted into the New Year, too.

A ski lift at Big White Resort in Okanagan remains completely encased in ice after back-to-back snow/ice-storms hit over the Christmas holiday. Photos show the seats, ropes, tower, and terminals of the Falcon Chair trapped within a dazzling-white tomb.

“It’s a very unique thing,” the resort’s vice president Michael J. Ballingall said. “When you get that moisture in the snow, it just sticks to everything like the cotton candy at a fair … People don’t always realize the impact of Mother Nature.”
https://electroverse.co/frigid-december-cold-2022-south-pole-historic-snowfall-us-more-to-come/

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