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• Caledonia: two month's rain in one day - December 30, 2003 - The island of La Tontouta 
  received 161mm of rain yesterday, more than twice the average rainfall for the entire month of December.

  9°C colder than normal in Canada - The temperature at Coppermine fell to -31.1C yesterday. 
  The average December low is -22.8C.

  Five month's rain in one day in Zhaotong, China
  
  20°C colder than normal in Norway - The temperature in Roros rose to only -26.8C yesterday, 
  more than 20 degrees colder than normal. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Snow traps Californian travelers - December 30, 2003:
  
  India temps 5°C below normal... and getting colder
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/30122003news.shtml

   

• Record snows in Hawaii - December 30, 2003: Six-foot snowdrifts close summit as a blizzard 
  grips Mauna Kea. http://pub15.ezboard.com/fthefinalphasefrm18.showMessage?topicID=4236.topic
  
  
• 54 people die of Rajasthan cold - December 28, 2003: Temperatures in Delhi, India reached 
  only 14 Celsius (57F) yesterday.  This may seem warm, but remember that Delhi is only 28 degrees 
  north of the equator (about the same as the Canary Islands), putting it just outside the tropics. 
  Temperatures further north in Rajasthan state actually dropped to zero.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/28122003news.shtml
  
  
• 122 people now dead in India cold - December 29, 2003:
   http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031228/323/ehxt4.html
  
  
• Bolivia: One month's rain+ in one day - December 28, 2003: 103mm of rain fell in Tarija, 
  a little over the December average rainfall for Tarija of 97mm. 
  
  Canadian temperatures 10°C colder than normal - December 28, 2003 - Temperatures 
  in Dawson in the Yukon Territory fell to -38.7C, 10C below the average December low of -28.6C.

  China: more than two month's rain in 24 hours - December 28, 2003: The town of Dali in 
  the Yunnan received 28mm of rain yesterday. Normal rainfall for the entire month is just 13mm. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• India: 2 month's rain in 9 hours - December 27, 2003 - Lucknow, in northern India, received 
  17mm of rain in 9 hours, more than twice the December average rainfall of  8mm.

  Norway temperatures 14°C below normal - Temperatures in Bardufoss fell to minus 22.5C, 
  more than 14 degrees below the average December low.

  India temperatures 16°C below normal! - December 27, 2003: Temperatures in Allahabad 
  rose to only 13.9C Saturday, 16 degrees below the December average high of 30C.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Cold wave in India - December 25, 2003:
  Munich Christmas 8°C below normal - Munich temperatures fell to -12C overnight, while 
  further east, blizzards raged in parts of Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria.
  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031224/323/eht39.html

  Balkan Christmas blizzards, Bolivian floods - December 25, 2003:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/25122003news.shtml

  More than one month's rain in Western Australia in one day - December 25, 2003: Kuri 
  Bay received 179mm of rain on Christmas day, well in excess of the monthly average of 150mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• "Rare" white Christmas for parts of the Mediterranean! - December 24, 2003: Snow has 
  fallen over a wide swatch of southern and southeast Europe to North Africa, with exeptionl snow 
  and cold reported  in southern Italy (14 inches in Campobasso, 7 inches in Potenza and Prizzi), 
  Tunisia (8 inches in Setif, 7 inches in Constantine), northeastern Algeria, and the Balkan peninsula. 
  In Bulgaria, Veliko Turnovo picked up 13 inches of snow, Lovech picked up 11 inches, and 
  3.2 inches of rain fell in Sliven.  Bucharest endured near-blizzard conditions, where snow lay 
  12" deep and was still falling.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  

• Bulgaria: More than four month's snow in 1 day!- December 24, 2003: The town of Chirpan, 
  southeast of Sofia in Bulgaria, received more than four times the average snowfall for the whole of 
  December. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Cold snap kills 2,500 - December 23, 2003: "Cold weather has killed more than 2,500 people 
  in the UK during the past week, said the Faculty of Public Health today. 
  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031223/325/ehq6x.html
  
  
• Scandanavia 45°F below normal - December 23, 2003: Northern sections of Norway, Sweden 
  and Finland have been brutally cold this week. Sodankyla, Finland hovered at minus 30 to 35 degrees 
  Tuesday whereas average temperatures at this time range from a high of 10 above to a low of 
  minus-2. In northern Sweden, Tuesday's highs were 35-45 degrees below normal. Kvikkjokk r
  eached a high of minus 30 as opposed to the average high for the date of plus 14. 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Nordic countries in snow misery - December 23, 2003:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3341697.stm

   

• Helsinki temps 16°C below normal - December 23, 2003: Temperatures in Helsinki plunged 
  to minus 17C on Tuesday, some 11 degrees below normal. Then the climbed to minus 14C, far 
  below the normal high of plus 2C.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Havana 20°F below normal - December 22, 2003: Temperatures at the Jose Marti international 
  airport dropped to 46 degrees, a full 20 degrees below the daily mean.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Finland 30°C colder than normal - December 22, 2003: Temperatures in Sodankyla rose to 
  only minus 35.8C, almost 30 degrees below the average December high of minus 6.1C.

  Greenland 9°C colder than normal - In Danmarkshavn, the temperature rose to only minus 
  25.8C, some 9C below the average December high of minimum 16.7C.

  
  One month's rain in 30 hours in Australia - Larrimah, in Australia's Northern Territory, 
  received 146mm of rain on Monday, well over the average for the whole of December of 114mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Temperatures in Turkey 14°C below normal - December 21, 2003:  The temperature in 
  Erzurum rose to only minus 9.4C Saturday, 8 degrees below normal, and then dove to
   -23.3C, more than 14 degrees below the average December low of -9C. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

• Florida temps 10°C below normal, only 2°C - December 21, 2003: The temperature in 
  Tampa rose to only 12C Saturday, about 10C below normal. Saturday's low of 2C was also 
  about 10 degrees below normal.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• UN: No El Niño in sight for 2004 - December 16, 2003:2003 World temperatures lower than last year.
  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/107159965921.htm
  
  
  
• Scandanavia blizzards kill two - December 22, 2003: 
  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031222/323/ehncs.html
  
  
• Winter chaos in Scandanavia - December 22, 2003: Winter storms brought power failure in 
  Stockholm, Sweden. Finland also suffered blizzard conditions. 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/22122003news.shtml

   

• Global warming on Mars – without SUVs!  December 10, 2003. According to a report in 
  Space.com, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has spotted seasonal changes, such as the advance 
  and retreat of polar ice, on Mars.

  Mars may be “coming out of an ice age,” says William Feldman of the Los Alamos National 
  Laboratory.  "In some low-latitude areas, the ice has already dissipated. In others, that process
   is slower and hasn't reached an equilibrium yet.”

  Feldman is the scientist in charge of an Odyssey instrument that assesses water content indirectly 
  through measurements of neutron emissions. 
  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36049
  
  

• Heaviest Japan snow in 38 years - December 20, 2003: Snow brought parts of Japan to a 
  standstill Saturday, even delaying the ever punctual bullet trains. With temperatures around eight 
  to ten degrees below normal., Nagoya City in central Japan saw its heaviest snowfall in 38 years. 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/20122003news.shtml
  
  
• Norwegian island 13°C below normal - December 20, 2003: Temperatures on Hopen Island 
  in the Barents Sea, rose to only minus 23C on Friday, 13 degrees below normal. The low 
  temperature on Saturday was also nearly 13 degrees below normal at minus 27C.
  
  Southern Cyprus 7°C below normal - The low temperature this morning at Akrotiri reached 3.7C, 
  more than 7 degrees below the December average of 11.1C.

  More than one month's rain in Cuba in 36 hours - Some 45mm of rain fell in 36 hours at Santiago 
  de Cuba. This is well above the 30mm average for all of December. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Heavy snow expected in Britain - December 18, 2003: 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3331279.stm

   

• Sweden more than 20°C below normal . December 18, 2003. At minus 33.3 degrees, temperatures
   in Karesuando, Sweden nose-dived for the second night in a row. This compares to a normal average
   low of minus 13C.

  France more than 13°C below normal - : Temperatures in Metz, France dropped to minus 13.5C.
    http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Heavy snow in Turkey - December 18, 2003: Heavy snow forces school and road closures in
   several parts of Turkey, including the capital, Ankara.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/18122003news.shtml
  
  
• Extreme cold in Asia - December 17, 2003: 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/17122003news.shtml

  Three+ month's rain in Madagascar in 1 day. Morombe, Madagascar received 321mm of 
  rain yesterday,  GMT on Wednesday, more than three times the average December rainfall in 
  Morombe. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  

• Unusual cold in Rome - December 17, 2003: Lows ranged from 25 to 30 degrees (15 to 20 
  degrees below average).
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Sweden 18°C below normal - December 17, 2003: Temperatures in Karesuando, Sweden, 
  fell to minus 31C yesterday, 18 degrees below the average low.
  
  Russia 12°C below normal - High temperatures on Vize island, midway between the Kara 
  Sea and the Arctic Ocean, rose to only minus 33C yesterday,12 degrees below the average 
  December high.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Record-breaking snowstorms in Vermont (three in one year). December 16, 2003. This 
  weekend's storm buried Vermont under one of the state's largest snowfalls on record. The 18.8 
  inches measured at Burlington International Airport made the storm the eighth largest, putting it 
  ahead of the ninth-ranked 18.3 inches received just two weeks ago and 7 and the 10th-ranked 
  17.8 inches from Jan. 4 and 5, 2003.
  http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/news/1000h.htm
  
  
• 66 month's rain in 9 hours! - December 16, 2003: Jagdalpur, India, in the south of Madhya
   Pradesh province, received 33mm of rain yesterday. This compares to the December average 
  rainfall of 0.5mm. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Busiest tropical storm season since 1887 - December 10, 2003: more drama predicted for 
  2004. "The Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season officially ended on November 30, but since then
   a further two tropical storms have developed - the first time this has happened since 1887.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/10122003news.shtml
  
  More early blizzards in US - December 11, 2003: "From Minnesota and Wisconsin south into 
  Iowa and Missouri, parts of the Plains experienced an early winter blizzard on Tuesday."
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11122003news.shtml
  
  Algeria: 8 inches rain in 6 hours - December 11, 2003:
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Canada temps 14°C below normal. Lynn Lake overnight low was -41.1 degrees, 14 degrees 
  below average.

  Illinois: more than 1 month's rain in 24 hours. Moline received 55 mm of rain, a little more 
  than the average for the entire month (52 mm).
  
  Thailand: 2 month's rain in 24 hours - December 11, 2003: Surat Thani reported a total of 184 
  millimetres of rain in 24 hours, almost double their average for the whole month of 98 mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Record storm buries parts of Northeast beneath up to four feet of snow. Dec 7, 2003. 
  “There has not been a storm of this magnitude in New York this early in the season since record-
  keeping began in 1869,” said Todd Miner, a meteorologist at Pennsylvania State University.
  
  
• Nine month's rain in one day in Djibouti- December 7, 2003: Djibouti, the capital city of Djibouti, 
  which lies on the east coast of Africa at the bottom end of the Red Seareceived 110mm of rain y
  esterday, nine times its normal 13mm of rain during the entire month of December. 

  One month's rain in one day in Panama - December 7, 2003: Santiago received 94mm of rain 
  yesterday, well over the average for the whole of December of 74mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  

• Widespread snow in northern Algeria - December 6, 2003. Is this normal? (I don't know.)
  http://69.64.32.215/images2/ibsnowlast7days.jpg

   

• Record rains in Colombia - December 6, 2003: The city of Cartagena received 6.9 inches in 
  2 1/2 days. The mean monthly rainfall is 1.3 inches. 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

  Three month's rain in Iran in 6 hours. December 6, 2003. A total of 57mm fell in Esfahan in 
  6 hours, more than three time the average of 18mm for the entire for month of December.

  Texas temperatures 8°C below normal. Temperatures in San Angelo fell to minus 6.1C, 
  more than 8C below the average December low of 2.2C.

  Siberian temperatures 11°C below normal - Temperatures in the town of Bor rose to 
  only minus 32.2C, almost 11C below the average high for December.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   
• Record cold in Queensland - November 26, 2003: Records fell at Gove and Daly Waters, 
  both lopping 1.4° off records set over 24 and 34 years respectively." 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031126.SHTML
  
  
• The Sun is more active now than it has been for a millennium.
  This realization comes from a reconstruction of sunspots reaching back for 1,150 years. 
  http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994321. 
  
  
• Coldest N. Territory November ever - November 25, 2003: "MacArthur River Mine, 
  50km SW of Borroloola NT, recorded 14.5, its lowest minimum on record for November, 
  slashing 1.1° off the previous record." 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031125.SHTML
  
  
• Kotzebue, Alaska received 45.6 inches of snow in November, more than it usually 
  gets all winter (Sep to Apr). This shattered the old November record of 24.3 inches set in 
  1993. (Thanks to Cory VanPelt of the National Weather Service for this info.)

   

• France braced for "floods of the century." December 3, 2003
  http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=413857&section=news
  
  
• Scientist says Yellowstone bulge could mean explosion. December 1, 2003. Lisa Morgan, 
  the geologist leading a US Geological Survey team studying a bulge beneath Yellowstone Lake 
  says, "it could be the precursor to a hydrothermal explosion."
  http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=3362
  
  
• Australia: 1 month's rain in under 6 hours - December 3, 2003:
  
  France: More than two month's rain in two days.
  
  Morocco - Snow and over 10°C below normal. The midday temperature in Midelt reached 
  only 1.2C, more than 10C colder than the December average maximum, and it was snowing.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

• More Atlantic storms than normal - December 2, 2003: "Since 1995, seven of nine 
  hurricane seasons have been above normal, according to the National Oceanic and 
  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)." 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/02122003news.shtml
  
  
• Record-setting rains throughout Latin America- December 2, 2003: Puerto Rico received
   43 inches of rain in November, five times the monthly mean. Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands received 15.5 inches of rain, breaking all previous records.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• More than 1 month's rain in 30 hours in France - December 2, 2003: 174mm of rain has fallen in the Rhone valley in southern France over the past day or so, easily beating the average for the month of around 159mm. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Heavy snow and freezing temperatures on Chinese-Kazakh border - December 2, 2003: Heavy snow and temperatures as low as minus 20C have hampered earthquake rescue efforts.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3255938.stm

   

• Brazil: 1 month's rain in 24 hours - December 1, 2003: 133mm of rain fell on Galeo, in Ilha Governador, about one-third more than the average for the whole month of 104mm. 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/01122003news.shtml

   

• Record early snow in the US and Canada. November 29, 2003:Mid-level ski slopes at Kicking Horse in British Colombia currently have twice as much snow cover as is normal at this time of the year.
  
  Early snow in French mountains too - Half a metre of snow fell in the French resort of Flaine yesterday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/29112003news.shtml

• Minnesota temperatures 8°C below normal - Temperatures in International Falls fell to minus 15.6C, almost 8C below average for November, which stands at minus 7.8 degrees.
  
  3 1/2 month's rain in Japan in one day - November 29, 2003:The town of Owase received a staggering 344mm of rain Saturday, almost three and a half times the November average of 100mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• 16°C below normal in Virginia. November 30, 2003: Temperatures in Charleston rose to a high of only minus 0.6C on Saturday.
  
  Close to 2 month's rainfall in 1 weekend in Honduras - Tropical cloudbursts dropped 584mm of rain on La Ceiba. The average for the whole of November of 325mm.

  Siberian temperatures 12°C below average - Temperatures in the town of Oymyakon dropped to minus 53C, a full 12C below average. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Northern Hemisphere snow cover third most extensive on record.  http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1417/
  
  
  
• North America snow cover second most extensive on record.  http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1417/
  
  
• Mt Baker, WA ski area is 74% above its 10-year snow base average for this time of year. (Nov 25, 2003) Considering that Mt. Baker had the most snow on record in one season anywhere in the world just three years ago (about 100 feet, or 30 meters), being 74% above its 10-year average is a major accomplishment. The base at Pan Dome in 80 inches (203 cm).
  
  
• Three-year agricultural crisis looms in Australia. November 21, 2003. "Orchards and vineyards near Leeton, New South Wales, were stripped bare by hail stones as big as cricket balls." 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031121.SHTML
  
  
• Northern Territory temperatures 8 to 11 degrees below average - November 21, 2003:
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031121.SHTML

   

• Siberian temps 14°C below average. The high temperature in Saskylah reached minus 39.3C, more than 14C below normal. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Canadian temps 18°C below average - November 28, 2003: In Dawson, temperatures fell to minus 38.3C, more than 18 degrees below the average minimum for November of minus 20C.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Snow forces Himalayan air rescue - November 23, 2003: "The Indian military has rescued villagers cut off for six days by unexpectedly heavy snowfalls." The snows came one month earlier than normal.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3231408.stm
  
  
• Scandanavian temperatures 20°C below normal. Siberian temperatures 13°C below normal - November 26, 2003: Temperatures in Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka rose to only -23.4C, 20C colder than the average November high. In Ojmjakon, Siberia, temperatures fell to -54.0C last night, 13C lower than the average November low of -41.1C. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Japan: 16.6 inches of rain in 1 day.
  Vanuatu: 8.5 inches of rain in 1 day - November 25, 2003:
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
  
• Morocco: 1 month's rain in 30 hours
  Iran: 2 month's rain in 1 day - November 25, 2003:
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• World's coldest place 21°F below normal - November 23, 2003: Oymyakon, Russia plunged to minus 64, the coldest since the middle of last February.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Bitter cold in Montana - November 23, 2003: The high temperature in Glasgow, Montana reached only minus 15 Celsius, while their low plummeted to minus 22.8 degrees. Average high and low temps in November are 4 and minus 7 degrees.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Northern Hemisphere snow cover third most extensive on record. Nov 8, 2003
  http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1417/
  
  
• Second most extensive snow cover in North America on record. Nov 8, 2003
  http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1417/
  
  
• Canadian temps 21°C below average - November 19, 2003:  In Dawson, Yukon Territory, temperatures plunged to a bitter minus 42.1C, 21 degrees below the November average of minus 20C.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Kuwait temperatures far below normal - November 19, 2003: Kuwait City slipped to 45 degrees or less three days in a row this week. The average low at this time of the year is about 57 degrees.
• http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Fairbanks, Alaska temps fell to -34.4 C today (Nov 17, 2003), well below the average November low of -20C.
  
• Temps in Kars, Turkey fell to -12.8C, some 10 degrees Celsius below the average of minus 2.8C for November.
  
• Kulgera, Australia received 52mm of rain in six hours today, almost the average rainfall of 31mm for the entire month.
  
• Montpellier, France reported 144mm of rain today, almost double the 82mm average monthly rainfall for November
  
• Posadas, Argentina, received 54mm of rain today, almost half the November average rainfall 128mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• One month's rainfall in 18 hours in France: Nov 16, 2003. Perpignan received 70 mm of rain in 18 hours. The month average of 50 mm.
  South African temperatures nearing record lows. Langebaanweg, South Africa recorded a low of zero this morning. The average minimum in November is 12.0 degrees.
  Three month's rainfall in 3 days in Canada. Hamilton, Ontario has received 191 mm of rain in the past three days. The average for the entire month of November is 65 mm.
  Canadian temperatures 17.5°C below normal - Temperatures plummeted to minus 37.5 degrees in Dawson, Yukon Territory, more than 17 degrees below the November average of minus 20C.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Siberia 40°F below normal - November 11, 2003: At Dudinka, in the Russian Arctic, temperatures plunged to 48 degrees below zero.  The high was only 39 degrees below zero., about 40 degrees below average for the date, and 15 to 20 degrees below that of the coldest part of winter. Other cold spots included Igarka at 47 below, and Turukhansk at 43 below. http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• One month's rainfall in 30 hours in Korea. One month's rainfall in 24 hours in Argentina - November 11, 2003: The city of Wonsan, Korea received 86mm of rain, almost one and half times the November average of 60mm. Meanwhile, the city of La Plata, Argentina, received 85mm of rain, more than twice the November average of 83.8mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• This Winter: A Wild Ride” - 12-Nov-2003 – “This winter's weather will feature dramatic shifts between hot and cold from month to month, and even week to week,” say forecasters, who expect that the weather will “fluctuate wildly.”
  "We're going to see outstanding cold spells throughout the U.S., balanced by unseasonable warmth," said AccuWeather's Joe Bastardi. "Our forecast emphasizes volatility, including cold snaps in the Northeast, and colder-than-normal weather in the Midwest and Plains," says Matt Rogers of EarthSat.” http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=3316
  
  
• Canadian temps still 20°F - below normal; one years rain in one day in Saudi Arabia - November 10, 2003: Thunder Bay, Sunday's morning low of 1 degree was 20 degrees below normal. In Saudi Arabia, Yanbu'al Bahr received 3.4 inches of rain, almost double the mean yearly rainfall. Al Makkah received more than two inches of rain, comparable to the yearly mean.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather  

   

• Canadian winter records broken - November 7, 2003: Estevan, in southern Saskatchewan, reached 15 degrees below zero, besting the old record of -11. Farther north, Key Lake plunged to 35 degrees below zero, about 45 degrees below normal  for the date. Winnipeg, Manitoba fell to minus-5, or two degrees shy of a record low. 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• 18-hour China rain double month's - November 7, 2003: The city of Nanyang  received 63mm of rain in 18 hours Friday, more than twice the normal November rainfall of 30mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Ocean effect snow surprises China - November 7, 2003: This kind of snow is more normally seen on the northeast coast of Canada and New England. It was also the earliest snowfall in the area  in 13 years.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/07112003news.shtml
  
  
• Unusual snowcover depths in Beijing - November 6, 2003: Rain in the Beijing turned to wet snow and several inches were are expected. Beijing normally gets only a few inches of snow a year. http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Wyoming temps 17°C colder than normal. November 6, 2003:  Casper recorded a low of -22.2C, compared to the normal night time low of -5.0C. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Record low temperatures in Germany - 4 Nov 2003: Temperatures in the Bavarian town of Oberstdorf plunged to minus 12.7C on the night of Oct 25 -- a level not seen since records began in 1936. Germany also saw unseasonal snow flurries during the week, with parts of Bavaria were covered in a blanket 20-centimetres (eight-inches) deep.

   

• California temps 12°C below average - November 2, 2003: In Red Bluff, where the average October maximum is 25.6C, temperatures dropped to just 13.3C. The high temperature in San Francisco was 13.9C, some 7 degrees below the October average. 
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/02112003news.shtml

   

• Mexican 12-hour rainfall exceeds month norm - November 2, 2003:  Guadalajara,  with an average November rainfall total of just 10mm, received 24mm of rain in just twelve hours yesterday.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Rare hail desolates crops and sheds - November 2, 2003: At Kununurra, "near golfball sized hail fell, savaging banana, mango and pawpaw crops. Few banana trees were left standing in some areas, and thousands of nearly ripe mangos were strewn beneath trees on many farms. http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031102.STM
  
  
• 14 inches of rain in 18 hours in Taiwan - November 2, 2003: Meanwhile, Austria's Sonnblick Mountain received 2 feet of snow in 30 hours, bringing snow depths to nearly 80 inches.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Coldest November day in 46 years in Sydney - November 2, 2003: "In NSW, Barraba, Coonabarabran Town and Mount Seaview (in the ranges west of Port Macquarie) all set new November minimum temperature records -- in the case of Coonabarabran the coldest in 46 years."
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031102.STM
  
  
• Turkish temps now 21°F below normal - November 1, 2003:
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Coldest November start in 32 years - November 1, 2003: "Salmon Gums, between Norseman and Esperance in WA, recorded its lowest November temperature in 32 years of record with a minimum of zero." http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031101.STM
  
  
• Temperatures below normal in Australia. October 31, 2003: Daytime temperatures 8 to 10 below average across the southern half of the continent.Southern Cross recorded 19, 10.6 below normal. 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031031.STM
  
  
• Canada temps near -20°C below zero! - October 31, 2003: Edmonton, Alberta set a new record low of -5C, beating the previous low of -3. Sundre, north of Calgary, dove to -19, Hendrickson reached -15, Willow Creek slipped to -12, and Edson bottomed at -11. Saskatchewan also chilled: Eastend Cypress registered a low of minus 8C.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Turkish temps 17°C below normal - October 31, 2003: At Erzurum, the early morning temperature dipped to minus 14.7 Celsius, 17 degrees below average.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Heavy snow in Alberta - October 30, 2003 - Many parts of Alberta saw snow yesterday, with 25 cm in Grande Prairie, 16 cm in Calgary, 14 cm in Medicine Hat, 12 cm in Red Deer, and 11 cm in Edmonton. Temperatures remained 8C to 19C  below normal. Saskatchewan also so snow, with 6 cm in Regina.

   

• Alaska temps far below normal - October 29, 2003: In Fort Yukon, Alaska, temperatures dropped to minus 21 Celsius yesterday, some 10 degrees below the October average of minus 11 Celsius.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• One month's snowfall in 12 hours - October 28, 2003: The city of Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan received mre snow yesterday than normally falls during the entire month of October. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Chilly Texas - October 28, 2003 Temperatures fell to 36F last night in Del Rio, Texas.  The average October low is a 63F degrees.
  
  
• Thai floods worst in forty years - October 28, 2003:
  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031028/325/eccl1.html
  
  
• Swiss temperatures 11 degrees below normal - October 27, 2003 - The temperature at Davos, Switzerland fell to -10.7C on Sunday, eleven degrees below their October minimum of around zero.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/27102003news.shtml
  
  
• Animals killed by hail - October 26, 2003: More than 100 animals and birds, including a dozen kangaroos and wallabies and 14 pelicans, were battered to death by hail. 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031026.STM

   

• Australian hail 10 cm deep  - October 25, 2003: 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031025.STM
  
  
• Tennis ball-sized hail thrashes Australia - October 24, 2003: Tennis ball-sized hail was reported at Kalbar, 40km SSW of Ipswich, and in other areas of Australia.
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031024.STM

   

• Temperatures far below normal in Europe - October 24, 2003: The Netherlands, Belgium, northwestern Germany and northern France reached lows 15 to 25 degrees below average yesterday. Denmark also saw hard freezes, including 20 degrees (22 degrees below mean) at Copenhagen. Southern Scandinavia through southern Finland were were also colder than average by 20 and even 30 degrees. Farther east, 3 inches of snow fell in Vienna, Austria, while Bratislava, Slovakia, and Budapest, Hungary had their first measurable snowfall of about an inch. Kremsmunster, in northern Austria, received 6 inches of snow.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• One month's rain in one day in Tunisia - October 24, 2003: At Orleans, France, the temperature rose to just 3C, far below the average of 16C, while Kelibia in Tunisia recorded 42mm of rain - almost a month's worth - in one day.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/24102003news.shtml
  
  
• One month's rainfall falls in 6 hours - October 24, 2003: Receiving 67 mm of rain in six hours, Dalby, Queensland, some 100 miles west of the state capital Brisbane easily beat the average for the whole month of 58 mm,  and it was still raining. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Record lows in Sweden - 24 Oct 03  This entire week has been very cold in southern Sweden, with many record lows. Last night was the coldest Oct 24 since the start of measuring around 1860. Gothenburg, for example, set a new record low of -8,5 degrees C. (Thanks to Lars-Olof Johansson for this info.)

   

• Algerian rains unusually high - October 23, 2003: Bechar in western Algeria received 80mm of rain yesterday. The average for the entire month is 14mm. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  Meanwhile, Tindouf, Algeria received one year's worth of rain in one day.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Snow through the day in Tasmania - October 22, 2003: The freezing level in the south dropped to around 900m and snow fell as low as 250m. http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031022.STM
  
  
• European Oct. snow first since 1941 - October 24, 2003: "We have not seen anything like this in eastern Austria in 60 years," said Helmut Dorka from Vienna's meteorology center.
  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031024/323/ec3c0.html
  
  
• First October snow in Munich in 20 years - Oct 24, 3003
  http://www.BBC.co.UK/weather/uk/news/25102003news.shtml
  
  
• 6 hours rain double monthly average - October 25, 2003: The Canary Island of Lanzarote received 24mm in six hours, more than doubling their average October rainfall of11.2mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• London temps 10 degrees below norm - October 22, 2003: Shawbury, in the Midlands, and Yeovilton, in the southwest, both registered a morning low of 25 degrees. Lows at this time of the year are in normally the lower to middle 40s. London's 35-degree low was 10 degrees below average 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• 30 degrees below normal in South Africa - October 20, 2003: At 38 degrees, temperatures in Johannesburg were 30 degrees below normal. In other parts of the world, 15 inches of rain falls on Squamish, north of Vancouver, British Columbia. In Iran, 10 inches of rain fell in 10 hours.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• 4 inches rain in 45 minutes in Squamish, British Columbia - October 19, 2003: Complete neighborhoods are buried under many feet of water. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/news/story2.htm

   

• Spain receives one month's rain in one day- October 19, 2003: Madrid received 42mm, more than the October average of  40mm. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Tanzanian rainfall 13 times normal - October 18, 2003: Some 54mm of rain was reported in the city of Dodoma, in central Tanzania, more than 13 times the October average rainfall of just 4mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Temperatures 27 degrees below normal cripple Mongolia - October 14, 2003: Near blizzard conditions raged across central Mongolia Sundays as temperatures plummeted to 27 degrees below average. Meanwhile, Australians endured the 17th consecutive day with below normal average temperatures. In Adelaide, the average temperature for the first 13 days of the month was 7 degrees below the mean.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Coldest Australia October in 15 years - October 13, 2003: Minimum temperatures 8 to 11 below normal over much of the NT away from the coast this morning, breaking records and causing extensive frost damage across eastern and central Austalia since the start of the month. The low of 4.6 at Alice Springs was 10.2 below the October norm, while Ali Curung, halfway between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek, recorded its second lowest October minimum in 15 years of record with a reading of 9.0." http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031013.STM
  
  
• China maritime rains 6 times normal - October 12, 2003:
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Coldest Oct. morning in 40 years - October 12, 2003: Brewarrina, which broke its 33-year October record low two days ago, beat that record this morning with a reading of 4.2. 
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031012.STM
  
  
• Tasmanian temps "unseasonably" low - October 11, 2003:
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031009.STM

   

• Coldest Oct. morning in 50 years - October 11, 2003: With a reading of 0.8, Gulgong set a new record October low the second morning in a row, while the minimum temperature on Swan Island fell to a record 2.8. Echuca had its coldest October morning in almost 50 years with a reading of 0.2.
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031011.STM

   

• Coldest in Australia since 1910 - October 10, 2003: Brewarrina, Gulgong, Trangie and Wollongong all set new October lows, with temperatures 6 to 10 below average. Meanwhile, "the average minimum temperature in Adelaide for the first 10 days of October 2003 was 7.8C, making it the coldest start to October since 1910."
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031010.STM
  
  
• Australian October breaking records - October 9, 2003: The late-season blast of cold air from the south yesterday broke October low-temperature records in three states.
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031009.STM
  
  
• Philippine rain 9 inches in one day - October 6, 2003: "Calayan, Philippines, received of 9.3 inches of rain in one day.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• 10 inches of rain... in one morning - October 5, 2003: Phuket, Thailand. 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Too much snow forces ski lift closures - October 4, 2003:   South Island had so much snow last week that some ski runs had to be closed, even though the season is drawing to a close. The unseasonably cold spring weather  with freezing rain and snow threatens newborn spring lambs.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/04102003news.shtml
  
  
• Unexpectedly cold weather in many parts of the world. Oct 4, 2003. The eastern US had a chilly spring and early summer. Japan had an unseasonably cool summer, Moscow was swept by snow in June, and Boscombe Down in Wiltshire had its coldest September night since 1931, and Scotland had unusually early snow. (This came from the Times Online.) 
  
  
• One month's rain in 12 hours - October 3, 2003: 38mm of rain fell on Tripoli, Libya, yesterday in just 12 hours. This just exceeds the 36.8mm average for the entire month of October.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Here's a great article that explains the recent heat wave in Europe was strictly a natural phenomenon. http://mitosyfraudes.8k.com/Calen2/jet.html
  
  
• Australia temperatures "well below" normal - October 3, 2003: "Temperatures across most of the continent were below average, with all of SA and much of WA, NSW and VIC 6 to 11 below average."
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031003.STM
  
  
• Eight inches of rain in one evening - October 3, 2003: Hue, Vietnam.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Australia October rain worst in 119 years - October 2, 2003: Wallangarra PO QLD, Australia, with 110 years of records, and Glen Innes PO NSW with 119 years, both experienced their heaviest October one-day rainfall with 109.6 and 85.8mm respectively.
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/031002.STM
  
  
• One day's rain is three times normal for entire month. Sep 29, 2003. Gibraltar received 34mm of rain yesterday, more than three times the September average rainfall of 10mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
  
• Rare September snow in Scotland. Sep 29, 2003. The arrival of snow in Badenoch and Strathspey yesterday heralded as one of the earliest snowfalls on record.
  http://www.sbherald.co.uk/news.asp?storyvar=2025
  
  
• One month's rain in one day. Sep 29, 2003. Christchurch, NZ was drenched with 42 mm of rain yesterday, just 3 mm shy of the 45 mm September average. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Unusual cold in Norway - September 29, 2003: In Norway's normally mild town of Bardufoss, the mercury fell to minus 7 Celsius on Monday, 14 degrees below the September average low of plus 7 Celsius. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Croatian resort of Pula, on the Istrian peninsula, hammered by 137 mm of rain on Monday. The average for the entire month of September is 85 mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Bournemouth, UK more than 10 degrees below normal Sep 24 2003
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html
  
  
• Two month's rain in France in one day - Sep 23 2003 -  Montpellier, southern France, received 187 mm of rain on yesterday, about double the rainfall they would expect for the whole month of September.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Icelandic freeze. Sep 23 2003 - Temperatures at Reykjavik, on the west coast of Iceland, fell to minus 1.8 degrees last night, about 7 degrees below their September average.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• One month's rain in one day - Sep 23 2003 Average rainfall for Gabes, Tunisia, in September, is 21 millimetres, which is exactly how much fell yesterday.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Dawson, Yukon Territories 10 degrees below normal - Sep 23 2003. Temperatures in this small town near the Alaska border fell to minus 10 Celsius last night, about 10 degrees below the September average.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Malta rainfall eight times normal - September 19, 2003: The island nation of Malta has received 9.7 inches of rain so far this month, more than eight times the mean monthly rainfall of 1.1 inches, and almost half of the mean yearly rainfall of 20.4 inches.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Italy rainfall seven times normal - September 19, 2003: At Cozzo Spadaro lighthouse in the extreme southeast of Sicily, 188mm of rain fell in the last three days, nearly 7 times the September average of 27mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Heavy September snow hits Canada - Sep 16, 2003: Residents of southern Alberta woke up to a blanket of snow this morning. Calgary received about 3 cm, while about 6 cm fell in Red Deer. There's still more snow to come, with "significant" snowfall expected tonight, with 20 to 30 cm expected over the Mountain Parks.

  Red Deer, which normally reaches 17C on this date, is expected to reach only 2C. Highs of 3C, 3C and 5C forecast respectively for Calgary, Grande Prairie and Edmonton. They are normally in the 15C to 18C range on this date. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/news/story1.htm
  

• Half a year's rainfall in one day - September 16, 2003: The island of Pantelleria, between Sicilia and

  Tunisia, received 10.5 inches yesterday in 12 hours, about one-half of the mean yearly rainfall for this small island.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

• Second-wettest summer in 100 years in India - September 17, 2003: Highest rainfall is said to have been the year 1975.

  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

   

   

• September snow in central Andorra: Sep 12, 2003.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/pyreneessnowlast7days.php

   

• September snow in Croatia: Sep 12, 2003. 
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/alpssnowlast7days.php
  

• Spring snow in Bolivia - Sep 12, 2003- La Paz received 19mm of rainfall equivalent to snow, three quarters of the average of 28mm for the entire month of September.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• Unseasonably chilly over much of western Russia - Sep 8, 2003. Moscow set a high of only 46 degrees whereas the average high for September 8th is 63.
  
  At Satna, northern Madhya Pradesh, India, two-day rainfall on Sunday and Monday was 15.1 inches. Mean monthly rainfall in September is only 6.9 inches.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  

• Boggy Bolivia / Torrents in Turin - Sep 8, 2003.   109mm of rain was reported in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, yesterday, more than twice the September average rainfall of 53mm.

  Meanwhile, 63mm of rain fell in S. Maria di Leuca, Italy in less than 18 hours, about 1½ times the average rainfall of 40mm." http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• Russia and Mongolia drenched / Antarctica freezing - September 5, 2003: In Russia, 81mm of rain fell in Vladivostock Thursday, about three quarters of the average rainfall of 114mm for the entire month.

  At the Amundsen-Scott base in Antarctica, temperatures fell  to -67.7°C Thursday. This is 5 degrees colder than the base's average minimum of -62.8C.
  
  In Mongolia, 19mm of rain fell on Hutag today. This is nearly four times the average rainfall for the entire month of just 5mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Worldwide rains "double monthly average - September 4, 2003: 82mm of rain fell on parts of the Mediterranean island of Ibiza Wednesday, in 12 hours. This is more than twice the average of 34mm for the entire month of September.  
  
  127mm of rain fell on China's eastern province of Shandong Thursday, in 12 hours. This is almost double the normal rainfall of 64.5mm for the entire month of September. 
  
  In Spain, 30mm of rain fell in Zaragoza in 6 hours Thursday. This beats the average total for the whole of September, and brings the total since Tuesday to 51mm, nearly double the average rainfall for the entire month. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• 105 degrees below zero in Antarctica - September 4, 2003: This occurred inland, atop the Antarctic ice cap at the Dome "C" station.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  

• Icy Weather a Sign of Climate Change? Sep 2, 2003. An article in Business Day (Johannesburg), by Sharda Naidoo, pretty well sums up the misinformation streaming through much of the media today. 

  "THE icy weather that gripped South Africa last week caused by a cold front sweeping from Western Cape up the country," said Sharda, "could be a direct effect of global warming and an early sign of climate change hitting South Africa." 

       Icy weather is "a direct effect of global warming"? C'mon Sharda, you can't have it both ways.      
        Ahhh, but notice how Sharda switches gears in the same sentence, and calls it "climate change." 
        Beware of the words "climate change." 
        Those are the words that global warming alarmists often use so that they can have it both ways. 

   
• Up to 25 cm of snow in the Austrian Alps - August.30, 2003
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/alpssnowlast7days.php
  
  
• August snow also on Slovakian-Polish border:
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/germanysnowlast7days.php
  
  
• Early September snow likely in Romania and Ukraine:
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/greecesnownext3days.php
  
  
• August snow also on the Russia/China border:
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/eurasiasnowlast7days.php

   

• Arctic ice "thickest in 35 years" - August 23, 2003:  From Svalbard to Franz Joseph Land, there was a massive series of ice flows up to five meters thick, and measured 800 miles north/south and up to 14 miles east/west. The captain of the vessel has rarely seen the ice this thick in his 35-years of polar voyages. http://www.newportthisweek.com/news/2003/0821/Front_Page/002.html

   

• Winter begins for the Pyrenees: August 29, 2003. The Alps are also rapidly whitening.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/pyreneessnownext3days.php
  
  
• Record rains in Mexico - August 29, 2003: Hurricane Ignacio dumped 50 cm (20 inches)of rain on one farm town near the west coast of the Baja peninsula. For comparison, 50 centimeters would typically fall in London over a period of about eight months.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/uk/news/29082003news.shtml
  
• Portugal/Canada/Russia rains, Mongolia cold - August 29, 2003: Heavy showers dumped 28 mm of rain on the Portuguese city of Oporto yesterday. The August average for the site is 19 mm. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
  
• The town of Gore Bay, on  Manitoulin island in Lake Huron, received 65 mm of rain during just 6 hours yesterday. Normally, Gore Bay receives 69 mm during the entire month of August. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Cool northerly winds bring unseasonally cool day to the Mongolian town of Baruun-Urt. A top temperature of 12.5 Celsius was recorded Friday. The normal average high for the area is 24 degrees." http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• More than a month's rain in six hours. The Russian town of Zizgin, which lies just south of the Arctic Circle and west of the Urals, received 64 mm in six hours yesterday. This is 11mm more than normally falls during the entier month of August.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Edmonton drenched in half-month rainfall -August 27, 2003: Alberta's capital was drenched by half a month's rainfall, as 34mm fell in just12 hours yesterday. The average rainfall for the entire month of August in this Canadian city is 69 mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  

• One year's rain in Mexico in one day - August 27, 2003: Along its path across the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, hurricane Ignacio dumped 7.7 inches of rain at Ciudad Constitucion, roughly two-fold the average yearly rainfall. Loreto saw 5.5 inches of rain, or about one-year's worth of rain. 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  

• Another long, cold winter, says Farmers Almanac. August 26, 2003. Beginning in February, says the latest edition of the Almanac, storms will hammer much of the eastern half of the country with no letup until early spring. Parts of New England will get snow into late April.

  It looks like it will be reminiscent of last year, with a never-ending series of storms, said Sandi Duncan, the almanac's managing editor. The West also faces a cold, snowy winter, while mild weather is predicted in the Southeast.
  
  The almanac, which claims an 80 percent success rate, has been predicting the weather for 187 years. It uses a secret method for its forecasts linked to sunspots, the position of the planets, and tidal action of the moon. Last year, the almanac predicted colder-than-normal temperatures and snow from Maine to Colorado. 
  
  

• Record cold and rainfall around the world - August 25, 2003: As typhoon Krovanh moved across the Gulf of Tongking Monday, it dumped 246mm of rain on Danxian (on the island of Hainan) in 36 hours. Average rainfall for the entire month of August is about 230mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• Half-a-month's rain on the River Po in 12 hours. August 25, 2003. At Piacenza, in Northern Italy, 27mm of rain fell in the 12 hours. This is more than half the August average rainfall of 48mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• Major rains in in South Africa: August 25, 2003. 18mm of rain fell on Calvinia, South Africa yesterday. Average rainfall for the entire month of August is only 23mm. Temperatures reached a mere 6.7°C, more than 11 degrees below the average August maximum of 18.4 Celsius.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• In southern Alaska, snow depths of 20-40 cm reported yet again: Aug 25, 2003
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/alaskasnowlast7days.php

• Record rainfall in Asia - August 25, 2003: Ahmadabad, India, reported almost 14 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. Seoul, South Korea, reported a 12-hour rainfall of 6.18 inches, with a total of 10.06 inches both Saturday and Sunday. Meanwhile, two-day rainfall in Cholwon totaled 12.45 inches. Chunchon measured 6.14 inches. In North Korea, Singye, had 5.75 inches. 
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather

• Maine gets taste of winter - August 25, 2003. Overnight temperatures slid to1.1°C in Caribou, Northern Maine, more than 9 degrees colder than the average August night-time minimum of 10.6 Celsius.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

• Heavy rain pummels Tasmania. August 25, 2003. 108mm of rain fell on Cape Bruny in one and a half days. Average rainfall for the entire month of August is 89mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

   

• Tasmania thrashes 107-year wetness record - August 25, 2003: Cape Bruny reported its wettest August day in 107 years. Strathgordon's 24-hour total of 113.6mm was its highest one-day total in 35 years and one of the few times that more than 100mm has been recorded in one day in western Tasmania.
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/030825.STM
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/index.shtml
  

• 132 year rainfall record broken... TWICE - August 24, 2003: Unusually heavy rain in the last 24 hours saw August records fall in three states. Mudgee broke its 132-year record 10 days ago, then broke that new record again this morning with 68mm. Coonabarabran and Dunedoo also broke long-standing records."
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/030824.STM
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/index.shtml
  

• Record precipitation in Antarctica - August 22, 2003: Two days of heavy snow dropped the equivalent of 69mm of rain on parts of the South Orkney Islands, beating the average precipitation for the entire month of August of 48mm."
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1

• One-day rainfall close to monthly average - August 22, 2003: Goderich on the eastern shores of Lake Huron, Quebec reported 42mm of rain on Friday, not far short of the monthly average of 50mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  

• Record Antarctica cold strengthens ozone layer to record size - August 22, 2003: (Not record warmth, but record cold.) Cooling in the lower stratosphere has arrived in Antarctica about six weeks early this year.
  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030822/325/e6o9u.html
  
  
• Snow blankets Chile and Argentina. August 21, 2003: Snow lay two inches deep at Cochrane and Coihaique, Chile yesterday. Argentina had an inch of snow at Ushuaia, on Tierra del Fuego, and also at the northern Patagonian town, Bariloche."
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Greenland  unusually cold for this time of year, with 50-100 cm of snow. Aug 21, 2003.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/eurasiasnowlast7days.php
  
  
• Scandanavia also reported to be cooling early: Aug 21, 2003
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/scandlapse72.php
  
  
• Close to one month's rainfall in Sweden in one day. August 21, 2003: The Swedish city of Lulea, which is around 75 miles from the border with Finland, reported 57mm of rain yesterda. Average rainfall for the entire month of August is 65mm...and it was still raining.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Widespread lows across South Africa - August 21, 2003: This week's wintry blast in southern Africa culminated early Thursday in widespread frost and freeze. South Africa set many lows in the teens. Frankfort and Bloemfontein dipped to 13 degrees. Bethlehem dipped to 14 degrees, and lows of 15 degrees were set at Aliwal and Waterford. In Johannesburg, the Jan Smuts airport hit 19 degrees following Wednesday's chilly high of 46. The daily mean extremes in temperature here are 47 and 66 degrees for low and high, respectively. In Botswana, Tshabong dipped to 19 degrees.
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  
  
• Two thirds of August rainfall in half a day. August 21, 2003: Rainstorms dropped 31mm of rain on Dauphin, Manitoba yesterday in 12 hours. That is nearly two thirds of the August average rainfall of 49mm.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Cold temperatures continue over much of South Africa. August 21, 2003:  The temperature in Aliwal on Thursday morning fell to minus 9.5°C, nearly 11 degrees below the average August minimum for the town. 
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  

• Several inches of snowfall in South Africa. August 19, 2003: "Snow whitened southwestern South Africa early Tuesday. Uplands of the Northern Karoo in the southwest had rain followed by snow in the wake of a strong cold front. At Sutherland, snowfall was good for several inches. Snow also fell at Calvinia and Okiep."
  http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_news.asp?partner=accuweather
  

• More snow on the Alaska/Yukon border. Aug 19, 2003. Some 60-100 centimeters expected in some areas.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/bcolsnowlast7days.php
  

• There's lots of snow in northern Russia as well: Aug 18, 2003. Up to 50 cm was forecast yesterday.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/eurasiasnowlast7days.php
  

• August snow in northern Norway: Aug 18, 2003.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/scandsnowlast3days.php
  

• "Uncommon" snow and hail in northern Australia. August 18, 2003:
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/030818.STM
  
  
• Temperatures plummet in Paraguay and Brazil. August 18, 2003: At Encarnacion, eastern Paraguay, temperatures dove to 0.6 degrees, some 12 degrees below the August average minimum of 13°C. In Curitiba, Brazil, temperatures fell to minus 0.5. Their average is 9 Celsius.
  http://www.metoffice.com/weather/index.html#NEWS1
  
  
• Snow along Alaska/Yukon border. Aug 17, 2003. It may be August, but that might be hard to believe for residents along the Alaska/Yukon border, where up to 40 cm or more of snow fell overnight.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/bcolsnowlast7days.php
  
  
• Cold water affects Lobster catch in New England. Aug 12, 2003. The lobster catch in New England is way down this year, said CNN News today. The decline is attributed to water that never warmed after a cold winter.
  
  
• Wettest August in Moscow in 30 years. August 14, 2003:
  http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=40005
  
  
• Multiple rainfall records thrashed in Australia. August 14, 2003.
  "A host of August rainfall records were reset by the major rain event in southern NSW and eastern VIC."
  http://www.australianweathernews.com/news/2003/030814.STM#records
  
  
• New record summer lows set in Newfoundland and Labrador- August 7, 2003: Dropping to a chilly 1.9°C, Deer Lake erased its old record low of 3.9 set back in 1948. Gander dropped down to 4.9°C, erasing its old record low of 5.6 set back in 1950.
  http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/news/story4.htm
  
  
• Rare northerly winds chill Athens - August 7, 2003: "In an odd twist, Athens, notorious for almost unbearable summer heat, was being cooled by fierce northerly gusts known locally as the "meltemia." Some Athenians have taken to wearing long sleeves to ward off the evening chill."
  http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/07/heatwave.ap/index.html
  
  

• Week of snowfall forecast for Sachs Harbour: August 5, 2003:
  http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?ysy
  

• More summer snowfall for central Mongolia: August 5, 2003.
  http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/eurasiasnowlast7days.php