Speculation about the cause of forecast record low temperatures in the US led WWA researchers to explore the cold air outbreak – how was it affected by greenhouse gas emissions?
Deep freeze in the US, December 2016
Cold spells
Latest analyses
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Event type
Location
- Africa
- Arctic
- Asia
- Australasia
- Central America
- Europe
- Global
- Mediterranean
- North America
- Northern Asia
- South America