Korea: Extreme Cold Temperatures Nation-wide on Lunar New Year

Extreme Cold Temperatures Nation-wide on Lunar New Year

http://www.arirang.co.kr
January 23, 2012

It is the first day of the Lunar New Year here in Korea.

If you’re planning to head out or stay outdoors today, make sure you’re ready for bone-chilling weather conditons, because the whole country is under extremely cold temperatures this morning, with most of Korea either under cold wave watches and warnings!

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Australia: Cold air brings a bone chilling morning

Cold air replaces warmth in southeast

http://www.weatherzone.com.au
August 8, 2009

…In New South Wales, minimums tended four to eight degrees below average across the southern inland in particular. Goulburn Airport fell to minus seven, eight below average and their coldest August night in six years. Thredbo’s minus nine, six below average, was their coldest in a month.

In Victoria, the inland froze as the mercury fell to seven below average. Mildura hit minus one, their coldest August night in 10 years. Tatura’s minus three, their coldest in 12 years for August, was remarkable after an unusually warm 11 degrees the previous night.

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Record-cold temperatures throughout Saskatchewan

Record-cold temperatures throughout Saskatchewan

28 February 2009

While it may feel to some like the longest, coldest winter in history, it’s not. Thursday, however, was one for the books throughout Saskatchewan.

The cold snap set records across the province. In Meadow Lake, a new benchmark of -43.8 C was established for Feb. 26, beating the previous record of -40 C set in 1996. Nipawin (-37 C) and Wynyard (-34.6 C) also set records Thursday. On Friday morning Broadview (-41.9 C), Assiniboia (-30.9 C) and Wynyard (-34.8 C) set new standards.

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Winter takes another swing: record lows set in province

Winter takes another swing: record lows set in province

http://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca
26/02/2009

A cold snap that gripped Manitoba this week has pushed temperatures in some parts of the province into record-low territory.

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Frigid temperatures break 125-year-old record in Fredericton

Frigid temperatures break 125-year-old record in Fredericton

http://news.aol.ca
18 January 2009

New Brunswickers woke up to one chilly morning as the province experienced frigid temperatures that set records Friday morning.

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Arctic front freezes US, Canada in record cold snap

Arctic front freezes US, Canada in record cold snap

http://www.google.com
Jan 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — A record cold snap gripped the American Midwest Friday as temperatures plummeted to lows of minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 34 degrees Celsius) and officials scrambled to protect the homeless and vulnerable.

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