Tuvalu, unsurprisingly
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Meanwhile winter is disappearing in Australia. It didn't get really cold this year like it usually does. I expect winter to completely disappear soon.
Rain has been underwhelming too.
To add to the list:
Here in the Northeastern US, weather patterns seems to shift forward. It stays hot till October. Even November might have a few summer-like warm days. And "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" is ironic since there was snow on Christmas only 2-3 times out of last 10 years or so. Snow comes in mid-January
This 100% tracks with my experience in the northeast US. It wasn’t like this when I was a kid in the 90s. Having a “white Christmas” wasn’t common, but it did happen sometimes.
Nowadays Christmas tends to average around 50°F/10°C where I am. If there’s snow before January, it’s a brief flurry that either doesn’t stick or changes into rain. My nephews have never known a snowy Christmas.
You're not alone. Here in Europe we have the same. We used to get snow every winter where I live but now we just get rain. It's either freezing cold with sunny weather or 5° and rain.
What part of Australia are you in? It's been a tremendously cold winter down south. I have coworkers in multiple states and we've all been commenting on how insanely cold it's been this year
Melbs.
I guess Diego Garcia wasn't ever really a country, nor was it due to climate change. This is what happens when you don't have a flag.