Whilst the Times are to be congratulated on this point, the problem is that they should have known all along that super-monsoons brought about by global warming are likely to cause heatwaves in temperate regions beyond this super-monsoon’s reach.
A study of summer temperature in Melbourne, which is as shielded as it gets from the northerly airflow of a super-monsoon like those of 1973/1974, 1975/1976, 1996/1997 to 2000/2001, and every year since 2005/2006, shows clearly how appallingly hot weather is increased under the conditions of a super-monsoon.
If we take these summers alone, Melbourne’s mean maxim four the four main months of the tropical wet season (December to March) is:
- In December: 25.1˚C as against 24.1 ˚C
- In January: 27.5˚C as against 25.8˚C
- In February: 27.8˚C as against 25.8˚C
- In March: 25.1˚C as against 23.8˚C
This would logically mean that for European Russia, on the northwestern side of the great mountain and plateau mass of Asia, hotter and drier air would be forced into the region, resulting in less rainfall and higher temperatures – as observed for decades in southern Australia.