Thursday, January 10, 2008

New Climate Records Yesterday + Weather Warning

Disturbed weather patterns, essentially weather chaos, is what Climate Change is all about. Warming (leading to droughts and fires) is a trend, but so is freaky cold weather in midsummer, floods in a dry season, that sort of thing. Have a look at the climate records below. All are for one day, yesterday.

Lowest Maximum 19.2 1974-01-26 18.3 2008-01-09
Skukuza
Lowest Maximum 22.3 2006-01-09 21.1 2008-01-09
Mbazwana Airfield
Lowest Maximum 11.6 2003-01-10 11.1 2008-01-09
Ermelo Weather Office
Lowest Maximum 18.0 2003-01-24 15.8 2008-01-09
Pretoria Unisa
Lowest Maximum 17.9 1996-01-28 17.3 2008-01-09
Oudestad
Lowest Maximum 15.7 1996-01-28 13.7 2008-01-09
Lydenburg
Lowest Maximum 17.7 1994-01-25 15.3 2008-01-09
Nelspruit
Lowest Maximum 13.0 1994-01-25 12.1 2008-01-09
Graskop Aws
Lowest Maximum 15.8 1994-01-24 15.2 2008-01-09
Springs
Lowest Maximum 15.4 2000-01-14 14.3 2008-01-09
Lichtenburg
Lowest Maximum 19.6 2000-01-17 17.9 2008-01-09
Hoedspruit
Lowest Maximum 18.8 1996-01-28 18.7 2008-01-09
Marken
Lowest Maximum 18.3 1972-01-23 16.5 2008-01-09
Phalaborwa
Lowest Maximum 20.5 1962-01-24 19.9 2008-01-09
Punda Maria

National Weather Warning:
Very cold conditions are expected on the Mpumalanga escarpment.

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