Posted 19th January 2018 Night:

U.S. News :
Snow in all 50 states
Snowfall accumulations as far south as the Gulf Coast!

Yesterday morning, all 50 states and 52.3 percent of the country were covered in snow.

To have snow on the ground in all 50 states – at the same time – is fairly rare. The last time that happened was on February 12th, 2010.

A little known fact about Hawaii is that it often snows. Of course, that is always on the Big Island's Mauna Kea volcanic peak. Typically, the hardest state to get accumulating snowfall is Florida. This season has already featured three snowfall events in northern Florida!
Earlier this week, we reported that Russia's remote Yakutia region dropped to minus 88.6 F , -67c. Since then, many questions have come about wondering the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the United States.

When it comes to the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States, as expected, Alaska takes the crown. The mercury plummeted to -80F, -62.2c,   on January 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek in central Alaska, north of Fairbanks.

By Meteorologist Brian Doogs | 

Posted: Fri 1:35 AM, Jan 19, 2018  | 

Updated: Fri 1:59 AM, Jan 19, 2018

WMTV nbc15.com

Posted Thursday 18th January Night:

Dry weather expected in the India/Pakistan region till 22nd January.
Delhi NCR will see hazy sun this weekend with temperatures around 25c. Rain expected on Wednesday 23rd.
Mumbai: Clear skies this weekend with days warm around 33-35c. Nights will be around 20c, with no appreciable fall this weekend.
Srinagar will be above normal in the day this weekend, with the day temperatures around 11c. Dry weather this weekend, with Low s around -2c.
With absolutely dry weather in The North, Hill Stations in H.P. Including Simla and in Uttarkahand (Mussoorie etc ) have not received this year's snowfall yet.
Rainfall map of Jan 2018 (Till Date) below

News from U.S.
Great Lakes ice coverage almost triple this date last year
And more than five times what it was on this date in 2016

Great Lakes Ice Coverage

Today, 17 Jan 2018, total ice cover is 35.5%.
On this date a year ago, ice coverage was 13.5%.
And on this date in 2016, it was 6.7%

Coldest Weather/Freezing Weather ....Warming is Cooling

3rd January:
Winter storm Eleanor has swept into most of northern Europe, including France and Germany after battering the UK,

6th January
North America's East Coast is shivering in a record-breaking freeze in the wake of a deadly "bomb cyclone" that dumped snow as far south as Florida. On Wednesday 3rd Jan, snow fell in Tallahassee, Florida, for the first time in more than 30 years, causing travel chaos in the region. Five inches of snow fell in Charleston, South Carolina, making it the third snowiest day since the city began keeping records in 1938. 
On Friday 5th, the National Weather Service (NWS) predicted dangerously low temperatures moving into the weekend as frigid air lingering over the North Pole prowls towards the US mid-Atlantic region. "An arctic outbreak will keep temperatures 20F to 30F degrees below average across the north-eastern US," the NWS said. In Massachusetts, residents of Boston, which received over 30 cm of snowfall, were clearing the streets with shovels. 
Around a quarter of Americans across the Midwest and parts of the Southeast were under winter weather advisories today.

At least 39 record low temperatures were set on Sunday 7th morning across the eastern US, said CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri.
The temperature at JFK airport dropped to 5F (-15C) Sunday morning, breaking the previous record of 6F (-14.4C) set just three years ago. (Do we detect a trend here?)
Meanwhile, an ice storm dumped freezing rain from the Missouri Valley through the Ohio and Tennessee valleys into parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.

Several daily record low temperatures were broken or tied in at least seven states in the Northeast today (January 7), including.
Baltimore, Maryland (BWI airport): 1 degree (-17.2C)
Boston, Massachusetts: minus 2 degrees (tie) (-18.9C)
Burlington, Vermont: minus 20 degrees (-28.9C)
Hartford, Connecticut: minus 9 degrees (-22.8C)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 4 degrees (tie) (-15.6C)
Providence, Rhode Isalnd: minus 3 degrees (-19.4C)
Richmond, Virginia: minus 3 degrees (-19.4C)
Worcester, Massachusetts: minus 9 degrees (-22.8C)

Hudson river freezes as US hit by record-breaking lows of -40C, reads headline.”
Arctic conditions in areas including Philadelphia, Boston and New York.”
Ice 12 inches (30 cm) thick in places after 2 days of record cold.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/its-so-cold-in-new-york-the-hudson-river-froze-402178115743

Interesting Comparison of great lakes ice coverage on Jan 6 over past few years.

“I assume this page will update with more recent data,” says reader Greg C. “But today ( Jan 6, 2018 ) it shows percent coverage ( rounded ):

2018 – 30%
2017  – 9%
2016 – 2%
https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//res/glcfs/compare_years/compare_years_e.html.....Thanks to Greg C for this link
https://www.glerl.noaa.gov//data/ice/imgs/IceCoverAvg1973_2015.jpg.....Thanks Jack Hydrazine

“But, then again, we were told that AGW causes Global COOLING."

In Canada, the provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are both under winter storm and blizzard warnings. On Friday morning, Nova Scotia Power said some 125,000 customers were still without power after 140 km/h wind gusts hit parts of the maritime province. Ontario is under an extreme cold warning, while Quebec faces heavy snowfall, strong winds and storm surges. Boston harbour's tide gauge matched its record at 15.1ft - previously set during the great blizzard of 1978. The weather pattern has already brought snow to the US South as far down as Florida, where the cold snap has caused iguanas to lose their grip and fall from trees. 

7th January
The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures in the region hitting as high as 47.3C in Penrith, west of Sydney. Severe fire warnings were issued for the greater Sydney area and total fire bans were put in place across the city. Sunday's temperatures fell short of the scorching heat to hit the area in 1939, when the mercury reached 47.8C.

8 Jan 2018 – 
Parts of Sahara Desert covered in 15 inches of SNOW
More than 15 inches (40cm) blanketed sand dunes across the small town of Ain Sefra, Algeria.
It is the second time snow has hit in nearly 40 years, with a dusting also recorded in December 2016.
But yesterday’s snowfall is much deeper than last year’s fleeting flurries, which brought chaos across the town, with passengers stranded on buses after the roads became slippery and icy.
Before that, Ain Sefra last saw snow on February 18, 1979. That snow storm lasted just half an hour.
"And snow was supposed to be a thing of the past in high latitudes?"

Bangladesh Cold: The lowest temperature of the day, 5.8C in Chuadanga and Rajshahi districts."8 January Chittagong second city of Bangladesh recorded 6.3C, its lowest T ever.Previous was 7.2C in 1937 and 1964."...Max Informs.

9th January
Unusually heavy snowfall has trapped around 13,000 tourists at the Swiss resort of Zermatt, one of the country’s most popular ski stations.
Switzerland’s WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research said Monday afternoon that at least 80 cm (31.5 inches) of snow had fallen on the Zermatt area over the last 24 hours, raising the avalanche risk to a maximum level.
French forecasters have described the snowfall as the kind only seen “once in every 30 years.”

A number of other Valais villages were also isolated by heavy snow, including the Simplon region of Valais,  which was hit by two metres ( Equivalent to 200 mms of rain) of snow in a 24-hour period, (more than 6 ft), the ATS news agency reported. We’ll hear more about it when it finally melts and causes flooding! 

Excerpts from Brugge, Ice Age and Local Newspaapers.

SNOW..BLIZZARDS..BITTER COLD .. USA/UK .. 4 JAN 2018..
NORTH INDIAN PLAINS COOL , FOGGY..

A fast moving winter storm (snow,blizzards,high wind speeds) will skirt the US North-East coast today and suck Arctic frigid air on Friday and Saturday (plunging wind chill levels)..
The storm will move towards Canada maritimes states by tomorrow morning..
UK will get cold after Storm Eleanor as a high pressure area approaches bringing in cold North winds,with London wind chills dipping below freezing levels (0 to -5) during this weekend ..
Read the forecast and precautions to be taken ..

The silver lining : Early next week (Monday/Tuesday) , North -East US will thaw as temps rise by 20 c across the region due to temporary south winds, reaching upto 5 c during mid-day..

North East US (Boston / New York/Newark).. 
 Snow in New England region (Boston) to be expected around 1 feet and in Newark/New York around 2-4 inches today ..
Cape cod region will have rain /snow mix as the coastal front dilly dallies there (as shown in the wind map below)..
Remove the snow immediately tonight as by tomorrow it will turn into ice as more frigid weather sets in after the storm ..

Max temp -10 to -15c , low temp -20c by weekend..Winds along coast will gust to 70 kmph and in the interiors to 40 kmph..
Windchills below -15 through the week plunging to -30/-40 levels at times..
Be indoors/minimize travel and keep yourself/your pets/water pipes insulated..Keep atleast one faucet dripping so that pressure doesn't build in your water pipes and know where your water main shutoff valve is located..
Keep emergency state numbers handy in case of power outages due to high wind speeds ..

Moving over to West US , Seattle will settle at 9 c(max) / 4 c(min) this weekend with the usual winter clouds and rain showers..
Bay area will become relatively sunnier as the weekend approaches with temps around 15 c / 7 c ..
The desert city of Phoenix will be fine and very dry with temps around 23 c / 9 c through the week..


Roads under snow ..Current stormy weather at Virginia -5 c (wind chill is -15) (Photo Courtesy: Leena Joseph)

Boston currently at 11 am EST ( Photo courtesy : Venus Patel)

New Jersey currently at 11 am EST ..freezing cold stormy outdoors from the cosiness of indoors( Photo courtesy: Taher Saif)

Past 24 hrs temps at US/Canada/Mexico .. It's freezing cold deep into Texas/Mexico to Florida(Jacksonville)..Bitter cold across the midwest plains and great lakes with extreme values dipping to -30/-40 c with wind chills of bone chilling -45..

Only the west coast of US is recording above freezing temps with fine and mild conditions along Californian west coast(Los Angeles), Mojave desert(Las Vegas) and Sonoran desert (Phoenix).
West Mexican desert/semi arid region is sunny,warm and dry (Choix).
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NORTH INDIAN PLAINS COOL , FOGGY..

Meanwhile in India today, the northwest plains(parts of Haryana/Punjab/UP) recorded cool max day temps of 11c - 12 c(with fog blanket) and parts of Rajasthan /Haryana/Delhi/ MP /North Chattisgarh recorded near freezing min temp of -1 c to 3 c (with fog blanket).

Leh ( JK) max/min temp was 1 c / -14 c 

INDIAN CITIES WEATHER TODAY..
Mumbai recorded cool night(16 c) and warm day (30 c).Pune recorded 29/12..
Chennai was mild with max/min temps of 30 c / 21 c.
Bengaluru was fine , dry with max/min temps of 28 c /17 c .
Delhi was cold at night and foggy with max/min temps of 19 c /04 c.
Kolkata was fine,cool with max/min temps of 22 c /12 c .