Ever since humans have evolved, they have made sure to document every fine little thing they can get their hands on. To see or make patterns of its surroundings is human’s primal sub conscious habit. If anything goes outside the pattern or rule, it makes us squint our eyebrows. The similar philosophy can be observed ever since the human population began recording/documenting weather.
Any strange occurence in the sky or any major catastrophe caused by nature, we do make a big deal out of it. Here are top 10 weather related anomalies that will make you question the unusual climatic behavior.
1. Year Without Summer
1816 was the year when Mount Tambora erupted which engulfed the atmosphere with ash and dust. Western Europe, Northeastern United States and Canada were encountering frost bites in May and June. Around 1800 people died as there was no food to feed the populous. (Image Credit: myhorseforum.com)
2. Wonder Snow
On January 19, 1977 the residents of Homestead, Florida woke up to snowfall. For a place which has never recorded snowfall ever, this day was quite startling. Also the astounding fact is that this place is a non-elevated sea level city. (Image Credit: markwallheiser.photoshelter.com)
3. Dangerous Cold January
Vancouver streets were knee deep in snow in December 2008. The temperatures dropped beyond the -15 degree Celsius mark. While the temperatures do reach above freezing point in Vancouver but in 2008, it didn’t happen. In fact conditions got even worse, and the average high was -20.4 degree Celsius. (Image Credit: europe.chinadaily.com.cn)
4. Extreme Cold to Extreme Hot
While December 2008 in Vancouver saw extreme cold temperatures, summers were equally hot for the city. Usually the temperatures crosses the 30 degree Celsius mark once every five years, this time the temperatures reached around 33 degree Celsius and it lasted for four consecutive post. (Image Credit: vancouversun.com)
5. The Never Ending Heat Wave
A small town in Australia is called as Marble Bar. This place is famous in entire Australia for its harsh and hot weather. However, from October 31, 1923 to April 7, 1924 the town faced soaring temperatures of 37.8 degree Celsius and above. This never ending heat wave lasted for more than 100 days, which is in fact a world record. (Image Credit: www.news.com.au)
6. 2010 Heat Wave In Russia
Russia being a cold nation encountered unbearable heat in the summer of 2010. The temperatures reached up to high 40s in some regions. Around 15,000 died of heat stroke and forest fires. The scorching weather continued all through July and August. (Image Credit: www.telegraph.co.uk)
7. Alberta Chinook
In 1992, the Canadian jurisdiction Alberta saw a brisk warm weather with summer sunny sun, even the temperature was perfect at 22.6 degree Celsius. The strange thing here is that all this happened on February 27 when the average temperature of the area is 1.3 degree Celsius. Usually temperatures goes up to 20 degrees only in April. (Image Credit: www.albertawow.com)
8. Sudden Change In Temperature, South Dakota
On January 22, 1943 the temperatures in South Dakota, USA went from -20 degree Celsius to +7 degree Celsius. And that too in about 2 minutes! Weird ha? (Image Credit: www.reddit.com)
9. Snow In Sahara
While people went berserk when it snowed over Pyramids of Egypt in 2013, but not many people know that Sahara desert witnessed its first snowfall way back in the 1970s. On February 18, 1979 the lower altitude areas of Sahara witnessed snowfall for the first time ever. Snow fell in some parts of South Algeria. (Image Credit: forum.e-dz.com)
10. Ontario 2010 Heat Wave
For us Indians, 28.2 degree Celsius is a temperature common in April. But for a cold nation like Canada, it is a tad bit too much. Back in 2010 Ontario, Canada was facing the fiercest heat wave of all time. For two consecutive days the temperatures rose up to 28.5 in the region making the lives of the people there quite miserable. (Image Credit: montreal.ctvnews.ca)
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