Mont Blanc’s Peak Temperature Soars Above Freezing for 33 Hours for First Time Ever The recent heat wave across Europe has had an unprecedented effect on the temperatures at the summit of Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s highest peak, where temperatures soared above freezing for 33 consecutive hours on August 10-11. According to the Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambiente Valle d’Aosta (ARPA), the regional environmental agency, the automatic weather station at Colle Major at an altitude […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 14, 2024 0 Comments
Siberian Town Experiences Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Arctic This past Saturday, June 20th proved to be the hottest day ever recorded in the Arctic. In the town of Verkhoyansk, in Siberia, Russia a high temperature for the day of 100.4ºF (38ºC) was recorded, which is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic. The previous high was 99.1ºF (37.3ºC). The Arctic has seen many temperature records broken in the […] Alex Camerino | June 22, 2020 0 Comments
San Francisco, CA Hit 100ºF Yesterday | Highest June Temperature in More Than a Century San Francisco International Airport yesterday reached its highest temperature ever recorded in the month of June: 100 degrees. In fact, this was the highest temperature ever measured at the airport in June, July or August. 100-degree readings don’t usually hit until September. With records going back to the Gold Rush, this beats the previous same-day high of 88 degrees hit […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 11, 2019 0 Comments
Reno, NV Suffers Hottest Summer Ever for Second Year in a Row For the second summer in a row, the mercury reached record average temperatures in Reno, NV. The National Weather Service says the average daytime high for June, July, and August was 93.6 degrees, one-third of a degree hotter than the previous record set in 2017. Temperatures reached 90 degrees on a record 56 consecutive days ending August 25 and topped […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 21, 2018 0 Comments
Record Temperatures and Biggest Wildfires Ever in California Showing No Sign of Letting Up The past month has been a climatological nightmare for California, with record hot temperatures and the biggest wildfires ever, and indications are that it won’t be letting up anytime soon, writes Newsweek. California posted its hottest month on record in July, with a statewide average of 79.7 degrees and an average of 108.1 in the Death Valley—the highest all-time temperature […] Fire Firebrains | August 10, 2018 0 Comments
Special Public Avalanche Warning for British Columbia: January 16, 2014, Revelstoke, BC: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for most regions of British Columbia including the North Coast Inland, South Coast Inland, Sea to Sky, North Rockies, Cariboos, North Columbia, South Columbia, Purcells, Kootenay-Boundary, Lizard Range, and South Rockies. This warning applies to recreational backcountry users and is in effect from […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 1 Comment
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