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Search ArticlesWestern Europe’s Heat Breaks; Dutch Farmers Raise The Shield; + Climate Was The Pretext
Western Europe’s “climate crisis” is collapsing. Atlantic air is seen sweeping east, with France’s national temperature forecast to drop below normal by Friday. The circulation has flipped. The “emergency” is over. Daytime highs will fall below 19C (66F) from Brittany toward the Benelux. Even the Mediterranean coast sharply retreats.
Andes Shine White; Hot Headlines, Normal Snow Cover; Why Western Europe’s Summer Got Stuck; + From “Super” El Niño To “Monster” La Niña?
The scale of this winter’s snow across the Andes is now visible from space. NASA satellite imagery from Aug 18 shows the Cordillera coated white for hundreds of miles through Chile and Argentina, from around San Juan and Mendoza south toward Patagonia. NASA satellite image, Aug 18, 2026, showing extensive snow cover along the Andes.
New Zealand Shivers; High Arctic Cold Holds Through August; + The Climate Narrative Is Dying
New Zealand is back in the freezer, with fresh snow warnings, widespread frost and another closure of the Desert Road. The latest polar southerly sent temperatures plunging Monday: Aoraki/Mount Cook fell to -8C (17.6F), Tekapo to -5C (23F) and Queenstown to -4C (24.8F); and snow shut the Desert Road (SH1) between Rangipo and Waiouru. Looking ahead, MetService issued another Desert Road snowfall warning Tuesday, running from 9am through 3am Wednesday. The chill extends well beyond the mountains.
Europe's Late-Summer Cooldown; UK Rainfall Shows No Long-Term Decline; Lala Drops Rare August Snow On Hawaii; Arctic Sea Ice Above Average; + The Great Barrier Reef’s Boom-And-Bust Cycle
Western Europe is on course to close summer chilly. The latest GFS AI run has the Aug 20-30 period broadly colder across much of Europe, particularly the west, with the deepest anomalies over Iberia, France, the UK and Scandinavia. Much of this summer’s heat was driven by persistent blocking highs, which suppressed Atlantic systems, promoted sinking dry air and sunshine, and repeatedly pulled hot air north from North Africa and Iberia. Now the pattern is reversing.
Russian Cold Breaks Records; Snow Spans The Andes; July 2026 Was Not Hotter Than The Dust Bowl; + Global Burn Area At Record Low Levels In 2026
Fresh temperature records have swept northern Russia, with snow and further sub-zero lows now hitting parts of Yakutia. In Reboly, Karelia, the temperature fell to 3C (37.4F) on Aug 13, breaking the date’s previous record low of 4.1C (39.4F) set in 1965. According to the Pogoda i Klimat climate monitor, the station has operated since 1901. Thousands of miles east, Shelagontsy, Yakutia dropped to -4.8C (23.4F), breaking its Aug 13 record of -4.6C (23.7F) from 1953.
Rare Snow Sweeps South Africa; Early Models Hint At 2010-Style U.S. Winter; Great Barrier Reef's Best Five Years On Record; + UK Climate Committee’s Censorship Tactics
A powerful winter storm has swept South Africa, burying highland roads, stranding motorists and driving daytime temperatures to record lows. The system arrived back on Aug 9 as a strong cold front before an upper trough deepened into a cut-off low, locking cold air and moisture over the interior. By Aug 10-11, the Eastern Cape was taking the brunt, with SAWS issuing a Level 6 snow warning—on its 1-to-10 scale—with accumulations of 35 cm (14 inches) forecast across parts of the highlands.
Antarctic Chill Sweeps Australia; Patagonia’s Deep Freeze Persists; Cloud Loss Drives 80% Of Earth’s Solar Gain; + Eclipse Triggers Grid Warnings Across Europe
A sharp polar outbreak has swept southern Australia, delivering near-decade cold in the west and fresh heavy snow across the Alps. Perth dropped to 2.5C (36.5F) Tuesday morning—its coldest August reading in nine years. Bunbury fell to 0.8C (33.4F), its coldest August morning in a decade; Pearce reached 1.5C (34.7F), its lowest for the month in 11 years; while York dipped to -1C (30.2F). The cold then pushed east, bringing another round of alpine snow.
High Arctic Sets 36 Cold Records In 41 Days; Southern South America Freezes; Reflect Orbital’s Mirrors; + IPCC Opens AR7 Review
The High Arctic has endured an extraordinary summer cold run, with DMI data showing record-low daily means on 36 of the 41 days from July 1 through August 10. A full audit of DMI’s >80°N archive—comparing each 2026 date against the same calendar date in every available prior year back to 1958—leaves just five non-records: July 1, July 22, August 4, August 8 and August 10. That means 88% of the period set a daily cold record. The first streak ran for 20 consecutive days, from July 2 through July 21.
Cold Records Fall In Russia; Earth Greenness Hits Record High; + 20 Volcanoes Erupt As The Sun Fades
Arctic cold has swept across Russia’s Far East and Yakutia, breaking at least 17 daily cold records over the weekend. Eight records fell Saturday. Talon dropped to 2.7C (36.9F), beating its Aug 8 record of 3C (37.4F) from 1971. In Amur Oblast, Chernyaevo fell to 6.2C (43.2F), breaking the 6.9C (44.4F) from 1947, while Norsk reached 3.3C (37.9F), besting its 3.9C (39F) benchmark, also from 1947.
Antarctica's Deep Freeze; New Zealand Freeze Smashes All-Time Records; Southern Africa Faces Another Blast; + The Arctic’s Year Without A Summer
July 2026 was exceptionally cold across Antarctica, with Vostok and the South Pole posting monthly averages well below normal and approaching long-standing records. At Vostok, Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute has confirmed a July mean of -71.6C (-96.9F). That is 6.2C (11.2F) below the 2005–2024 average, making for the coldest July of the past decade.