Boise gets earliest snow on record

This is the earliest measurable snowfall in Boise since recordkeeping began in 1898, according to the National Weather Service. At 10 p.m., the Weather Service said 1.7 inches of snow had fallen. The previous earliest recorded snowfall was Oct. 12, 1969, when a little more than an inch fell.

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Research predicts three decades of cooling

The guys over at ICECAP discuss a new paper by Dr. Easterbrook.

IMPLICATIONS OF PDO, NAO, GLACIAL FLUCTUATIONS, AND SUN SPOT CYCLES FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE IN THE COMING DECADES

In a Geological Society of America abstract, Dr. Don Easterbrook, Professor of Geology at Western Washington University, presents data showing that the global warming cycle from 1977 to 1998 is now over and we have entered into a new global cooling period that should last for the next three decades. He also suggests that since the IPCC climate models are now so far off from what is actually happening that their projections for both this decade and century must be considered highly unreliable.

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GISS and UAH release September temperature data

The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and University of Alabama, Huntsville Microwave Sounder Unit have released their September temperature data. Anthony Watts over at Watts Up With That? has a post on each here and here.

Anthony notes an interesting thing about the GISS data. As he states, "when GISS closed the books on August, the summer average (JJA) was 0.39 C. Upon closing the books on September, the summer average increased to 0.44 C." How does that happen? There's an explanation by John Goetz posted on Climate Audit.

Forecasting a Cold Winter

Another round of wintry weather moving through the West this weekend will be a harbinger of what the AccuWeather.com Winter Forecast calls one of the coldest winters in several years in the East.

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Surprise spring snowfalls blanket KZN

Parts of KwaZulu-Natal were transformed into a "winter wonderland" after snowfalls blanketed several areas of the province.

Temperatures plummeted into the low teens, with residents of Kokstad and Giants Castle waking up to 0C.

Durban experienced its coldest September night in recorded history on Friday night.

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Coldest September for 14 years

Most of the country [Australia] suffered the coldest September in 14 years, forecasters revealed. In its monthly summary Met Eireann said the temperature never rose above 20 Celsius anywhere - the first such occurrence in more than 30 years.

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We never had a real summer; let's hope for a real winter

The snow finally melted off the north side of McHugh Peak a few days ago.

It has been that sort of summer.

Normally the snow is gone by the start of August, always by the Aug. 10 opening of the sheep season. Not this year. Not during the third-coldest summer on record for Anchorage.

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