Climate variability and models · Observational data analysis

Are cold snaps on the retreat?

Paper: Cold Waves in a Changing Climate: Characteristics, Trends, and Large-Scale Drivers in Northern Europe and the Alps
Krouma et al. · Atmospheric Science Letters 2026 · doi.org/10.1002/asl2.70021

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Are cold snaps on the retreat? Across 84 winters since 1940, cold waves in northern Europe and the Alps have become less frequent, shorter and milder.

AI-assisted summary with an AI voice, not reviewed by the authors. Made from the paper under its CC BY licence. Read the paper before relying on a finding. Keywords: cold waves, cold extremes, boreal winter, climate change, large-scale circulation, North Atlantic Oscillation.