Weather tracker: record rain for California, -62C in Siberia

Over the previous couple of weeks, California has seen the consequences of a persistent atmospheric river bringing in fixed spells of rain from the Pacific throughout the state. The Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) have launched rainfall totals for some areas of California over the course of 16 days from 26 December 2022 by way of to 11 January 2023. Over the 16-day interval downtown San Francisco obtained 345mm and in close by Oakland totals reached 327.7mm, breaking their 16-day rainfall report. The importance of the flooding is barely elevated by having had extraordinarily dry soils by way of the summer time and autumn with extreme droughts, subsequently stopping soils from simply absorbing the extraordinary rainfall that has occurred over current weeks.

Tropical Cyclone Hale affected the North Island of New Zealand on 9-12 January. Extreme thunderstorms introduced 156.5mm to Hikuwai in Gisborne within the area of 12 hours, and greater than 100mm to different locations round Gisborne in the identical interval. Over the course of 18 hours, 219mm was recorded at Pinnacles within the Coromandel ranges and in Whitianga aerodrome on 10 January, making it the fifth wettest January day on report.

In the meantime, excessive chilly has swept throughout Russia, with an awfully chilly -62.1C recorded within the distant city of Dzhalinda in Siberia on Tuesday 10 January. That is the primary time temperatures have fallen to -62C in Siberia since 2002. Temperatures this low have turn into much less and fewer regularly reached over the many years, however this doesn’t imply they’re now not doable. The bottom temperature ever recorded in Russia was -67.8C in 1933.

The intense chilly is ready to linger throughout japanese Russia by way of subsequent week. There’s a likelihood for extra data to be set with temperatures remaining round 15-20C beneath the seasonal common. Some components of central and south-west Asia have additionally been experiencing unusually chilly situations during the last week. The month-to-month report low temperature for Naruta in Uzbekistan was damaged on Thursday 12 January, reaching -29.2C. The chilly will equally proceed to have an effect on south-west Asia for the approaching week, however trying more likely to turn into much less intense.