Maps depict widespread events, local conditions may vary.
CURRENT EVENTS
China - Severe weather: Sinkiang. Over 1,500 herders with frostbite.
RECENT EVENTS
w/e 8 DEC 2000
Cold Anomoly: Down to 17oC below normal.
w/e 7 JAN 2001
Kazakhstan - Snowstorm
Kazakhstan - Up to 12oC above normal in west.
Kazakhstan - Temps down -50oC in east.
w/e 14 JAN 2001
Kazakhstan - Snowstorms/freeze: Coldest winter in 40 years, down to -52oC in northeast.
Warm Anomoly: Up to 14oC above normal in west Kazakhstan.
Cold Anomoly: Down to 22oC below normal.
w/e 18 FEB 2001
China - Blizzards: Unusually large, & continuous. Sinkiang. 50,000 herders stranded in deep snow. 16,000 homes crushed. Winter grazing areas covered in up to 70cm snow, temperatures down to -45oC. Many rare animals at risk.
Cold Anomoly: Down to 8oC below normal, low of -52oC.
Global Warming Monitor accepts no liabability for any inaccuracies.
