Johannesburg, South Africa has its first confirmed snowfall in more than 25 years1. While the city normally gets cold, with an average minimum of 4.7 degrees Celsius in June, this is the first snow they have had since 1981. The capital, Pretoria, had its first snow since 1968, an even longer period.
Meanwhile, Australian citrus farmers are worried that their fruit might have suffered frost damage after experiencing their coldest June day ever.2 These data points fit well with earlier news stories that it is getting colder in the Antarctic.3
Mr. Stewart Bailey. "Johannesburg Gets 4 Inches of Snow, First Since 1981" Bloomberg.com 2007-06-27 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=india&sid=awNaI9yDGOnc ↩
Ms. Amelia Elliston. "Fruit may be frost damaged" \
Mr. Luke Schierer. "Solar Radiation & Climate" Random Unfinished Thoughts. 2007-02-12 http://www.schierer.org/~luke/log/20070212-1037/solar-radiation-climate ↩