We’ve had some hot days in my corner of the world, typically two or three in succession, followed by some (to be honest) unseasonably cooler days and nights in the low to mid seventies. It hardly matters what happens. It’s all your fault. But the blamestormers love a prolonged heat wave. Any sort will do, and the misreporting out of Europe has sold a scorching, unbearable, told-you-so summer.
So why, as summer peaks in late July to early August, is Europe trapped in a deep freeze?
July 28 to Aug 4
Temperatures across much of Europe will be well below normal, dropping to -6C in some parts of central Europe and Italy, with up to 30 cm of snow predicted in the Alps.
A local German Meteorologist projects daytime cooling down 15C (58F).
A blast of arctic cold air is responsible , rushing in from the far north. Highs of below 20 degrees Celsius will be the reality in many places – in July! Even in the lowlands, temperatures will remain well below what you’d expect at this time of year. Instead of sunbathing and barbecuing, it’s time to get out your raincoat and turn on the heating .
Thanks to Watts Up With That for the tips and links, including this gem from the NCEP Global Forecast System and Reanalysis.
I’m not seeing any trends to indicate rising global temperature. The UAH Global Satellite data has been trending steadily downward since the Hunga Tonga spike (natural, not man-made). The UCRN US surface data is steady as she goes for twenty years running.
Closer to home. Mild across the northeast and central plains, more like July/Aug in the south and west.
Nothing unusual. And while the superhot ocean narrative gets the Climt Cult into a tizzy, we’re two months into Hurricane season with a few named tropical disturbances but no Hurricanes.
It’s just the weather no matter what’s going on.
