+25,7°C in New Zealand and Greenlandic sector of the Arctic still strongly above average of the Arctic sea ice

Saturday´s last short news will be from Australia and the Arctic both.

While Australia is after severe heatwaves, up to +38,2°C in Carnavron, and +34,4°C in Perth, Western Australia, very warm late-Autumn weather apperaed in New Zealand, too.

Weather in New Zealand has also been very warm in the past weeks with dozens of records broken. Earlier this month, the subtropical not inhabited, remote island of Raoul (Kermedec group) also had its highest temperature in history in May with +25,7°C. (more here: https://x.com/extremetemps).

Meanwhile in the Arctic, Greenlandic secotr of the Arctic sea ice is still significantly above a current seasonal average.

It should be linked with very late-season destabilization of polar vortex in later phases of Spring 2025 /https://mkweather.com/the-polar-jet-steam-and-current-effects-on-european-weather-in-may-of-2025/; https://mkweather.com/the-collapse-of-the-polar-vortex-in-2025-and-late-season-cold-in-europe//.

Accumulated precipitation in Australia until 2. June 2025. Source: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=aus&pkg=apcpn&runtime=2025051706&fh=384

+25,7°C IN NEW ZEALAND

Weather in New Zealand has also been very warm in the past weeks with dozens of records broken.

Earlier this month the subtropical not inhabited remote island of Raoul (Kermedec group) also had its highest temperature in history in May with 25.7C. pic.twitter.com/0EygUxfhMo

— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) May 12, 2025

The Arctic and Antarctica

Source: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/