NASHVILLE:
So far this month, Nashville, Tennessee has received 9.3 inches (23.6cm) of snow, which makes it the city’s snowiest January since 1985 (solar minimum of cycle 21) with 10 days left to run.
This is far above the National Weather Service’s 30-year average of 4.7 inches (11.4cm).
Also, Jan 1985 was considered one of the ‘big months’ for snow during that decade — a total of 9.8 inches fell.
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA
The 45cm (17.7 inches) that dumped on Mississauga on Monday was the area’s highest single day snow total since 1944 (back during the solar minimum of cycle 17, when the city was known as ‘Toronto Township’).
The winter storm slammed much of southern Ontario, and it busted a host of records across the province.
JAPAN
Snow records have been broken in Japan.
Hikone has 73cm of snow on the ground, making it the heaviest for December since records began in 1893
SAHARA
Saharan sand dunes have been coated in a rare dusting of snow this week, and temperatures have plunged to -2C (28.4F) near the town of Ain Sefra, located in northeast Algeria.
This section of the Sahara has witnessed snow before, due to it being surrounded by the Atlas Mountains, but only on a handful of occasions — just five times in the last 43 years, in fact: in 1979, 2016, 2018, 2021 and now 2022.
TURKEY:
The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said 722 roads to towns and villages in Bolu, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Artvin and Bingöl have been closed– but the situation hasn’t been much better in the cities…
Thousands of vehicles were stranded on a key highway connecting Turkey’s southern provinces as heavy snowfall swept in Tuesday and Wednesday.
In total, some 4,580 people on the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep Motorway (TAG) had to be evacuated in bitterly cold conditions. Around 186 of those were in need of medical care, and so were promptly taken to nearby hospitals.
Clearing crews distributed food to an additional 7,000 people on the highway.
Temperatures in Gaziantep dipped to -3C (26.6F) early Wednesday morning, and snow totals in the city center reached a record-breaking 50+cm (19.7+ inches).
To help, the Turkish military dispatched helicopters to some sections of the highway, delivering food and fuel to the stranded motorists that remained. Tow trucks were also sent by the army to assist in freeing stuck vehicles.
In total, 161 bulldozers, snow plows and other heavy duty equipment were sent to clear the road.
MIDDLE-EAST
Extreme lows of around -23C have been reported in the Iranian mountains; and a low of –27.4C in Saqqez, Kurdistan province–where people are reportedly suffering life-threatening conditions.
In Damask, Syria, -8C was observed on Jan 18 — an incredible feat.
While in Jordan, according to the below tweet, record low temps have been suffered, with Safawi -for example- dropping to -5C.
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SNOW MASS:
All this snow is also adding to Northern Hemisphere’s Total Snow Mass, which, as of the latest data point (Jan 18), is tracking some 400+ Gigatons above the 1982-2012 average":
