Snake wakens early from winter sleep. He is a sure spring sign, but is not happy in February. If you see a viper at this time of year, then there may be several snakes in the vicinity.

Thousands of years old ice disappears all over Norway. Dag Inge Bakke (42) is among those struggling to save the frozen archive of the past.

There are no records to indicate the last time there was such a radical temperature change in a 24-hour period.

Swans have arrived early in Southeast Alaska this year, with most lakes still frozen and no green grass anywhere. Most lakes are frozen; the swan is sticking to a small patch of water surrounded by ice.

The winter holiday offers 15 degrees (C) of heat and spring flowers.

Snow on Haleakala?

Snow may have fallen at the lowest elevation ever observed in the state.

In Etne in Hordaland, 30.4 degrees of heat were measured at 15 today. Never has it been so hot so late in the year in Norway.

The capital area, along with most of Iceland, has experienced constant below-freezing temperatures for a couple of weeks now.

Two record cold nights have damaged grape buds in Essex County with Merlot, Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc particularly at risk.

The weather station in Nikkaluokta recorded a frigid -39.5C, setting the record for the lowest temperature of the winter.

MARQUETTE — In light of the bitterly cold air and wind chills falling far below zero, all Michigan state offices are closed today, and the U.S. Postal Service

Weather had been pouring rain and 45-degree temps for several days leading up to the sighting.

Authorities warned that drivers should use caution in the area due to the potential for additional rockslides.

Australia’s heat waves, now an annual ordeal, have been expanding into new territory — like Tasmania, where more than 50 wildfires were burning as of Friday.

Normal ice build up not occurring. It seems like the ice along the shoreline is not moving into the river.

Wednesday night’s storm in North Iceland brought exceptionally warm air and extreme wind conditions. The small village of Borgarfjörður eystri, in the north of the East Fjords, suffered damage that included asphalt blowing off a paved road surface.