Siberia Heat: Did The Arctic Region Break A Heat Record?

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Did the Arctic region break a heat record?

 

According to English-language outlet The Siberian Times, temperatures of 32 degrees Celsius, or 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit, were recorded in the Siberian city of Norilsk on July 21. The average temperature in July in the region is 13.6 C, or 56.48 F.

 

Weather historian Christopher C. Burt explains on the website Weather Underground that the entire Russian Arctic region has seen warm weather as of late. Burt adds that Norilsk has seen its warmest nights in recent days -- some 20.2 C, or 68.26 F -- and that wildfires have erupted in the region.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/siberia-heat_n_3660212.html

 

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Sunburned in Siberia: Heat Wave Leads to Wildfires

An intense heat wave in Siberia has contributed to an unusual flare up of wildfires across the fragile and carbon-rich landscape. Smoke from the fires is lofting high into the atmosphere, and is drifting towards the Arctic, where soot can hasten the melting of snow and sea ice.

 

 

http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/sunburn-in-siberia-heat-wave-leads-to-wildfires-16313

[stewfox]

Did the Arctic region break a heat record?

 

According to English-language outlet The Siberian Times, temperatures of 32 degrees Celsius, or 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit, were recorded in the Siberian city of Norilsk on July 21. The average temperature in July in the region is 13.6 C, or 56.48 F.

 

Weather historian Christopher C. Burt explains on the website Weather Underground that the entire Russian Arctic region has seen warm weather as of late. Burt adds that Norilsk has seen its warmest nights in recent days -- some 20.2 C, or 68.26 F -- and that wildfires have erupted in the region.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/siberia-heat_n_3660212.html

 

 

I did like this point

 

"""Forecasters have predicted the hot spell in the city, which is built on permafrost and sees frosty weather 280 days a year, was going to last until yesterday"""

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2379993/Siberian-city-sees-snow-ice-year-hits-record-breaking-highs-mercury-rises-32C.html

 

Perhaps I can be a weather forecaster over there, I predict the warm spell experience my large parts of the UK in July will end in early August.