Hvor i verden var det koldt eller varmt?

Expect a really ugly day for air travel on Monday as Atlanta's forecast is not one of encouragement, and we all know just how important Atlanta is an a regional air hub

For last two weeks or about most of north and central India are witnessing cold wintry weather; some places in Kashmir and the Himalayan foothills have low temperatures at -5C to -20C! This is cold for India, since most houses are not insulated, not heated (except some small room heaters in north India) so most people, especially elderly people feel cold all day long and become sick with a cold, cough, flu etc. In Mumbai it is reported that about 40% of the sick children had contacted pneumonia, due to low temperatures in Mumbai ( at 15C or below). Mumbai is the largest Indian city with a population of over 25 million and many people live in poorly built houses and are feeling the impact of this cold winter. In north India, many large cities reported temperatures as low as 3c to 5C and TV footage show people huddled around roadside campfires to keep themselves warm.

Air temperatures over most of the Arctic Ocean were between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius higher than normal. Over the East Greenland Sea and north towards the Pole, air temperatures were 5 to 7 degrees Celsius higher than normal. Colder conditions, 2 to 6 degrees Celsius below average persisted over western Eurasia, east-central Eurasia and some of the Canadian Arctic

Selvom vi herhjemme har haft en lang og kold vinter, var den globale gennemsnitstemperatur i årets første kvartal højere end normalt. Opvarmningen blev dog dæmpet betydeligt af den igangværende La Niña, som stadigvæk sørger for forholdsvis lave temperaturer i Stillehavet.

Det var varmt i Arktis, og det kan kobles til den atter ringe isudbredelse i området. Temperaturerne var desuden højere end normalt over Atlanten og i Afrika.

Stillehavet, USA og det centrale Rusland var derimod præget af lavere temperaturer end referenceperioden. Med en mild januar, en kold februar og en nogenlunde normal marts har det dog været næsten normalt i Danmark.

Experts at Met Eireann, the Irish state weather service, have confirmed the country has just experienced the coldest July in 50 years -- this after a similar finding for June.

June was also the coldest it has been in almost 50 years

The mean temperatures for this month were lower for normal for June, with temperatures across the country being about 1°C below average.

the country has just experienced the coldest July in 50 years -- this after a similar finding for June.

June was also the coldest it has been in almost 50 years with the readings for July no better.

Dublin Airport reported its coolest July in 46 years with a mean air temperature of 13.8°C, while some stations in the south and southwest recorded their coolest July since 1988.