By ALTHEA PETERSON Staff Writer on Aug 8, 2012, at 9:39 AM Updated on 8/08 at 9:39 AM
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South Africa snow looks a lot like Tulsa snow. A man slides down a hill after a rare snowfall in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday. Temperatures dropped to below freezing Tuesday morning as snow flurries blew through South Africa's commercial hub Johannesburg, dusting the city in white as residents poured into the streets to watch the snowflakes fall. THEMBA HADEBE/AP Photo
Surprise, Secretary Clinton! Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and South Africa's Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, react with delight during a rare snow flurry as they leave business meetings in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday. JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP Photo, Pool
I used to do this as a kid in Wisconsin. People react as a rare snow fall hits Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday. JOHN GAMBRELL/AP Photo
I have never blogged back-to-back like this before, but I found a topic that I could not resist.
The reports are true: It actually snowed in South Africa yesterday. From the Associated Press:
"People slowly came outside despite the cold wind Tuesday across South Africa, pointed their mobile phone cameras to the sky and opened their mouths to taste a rare snowfall that fell on much of the country.
"The snow began Tuesday morning, part of an extreme cold snap now biting into a nation still in its winter months. By mid-afternoon, officials recorded snowfall across most of South Africa. However, forecasters acknowledged snow remains so unusual that they typically aren't prepared to provide details about snowfall in the nation."
So yes, it is winter in South Africa right now. However, snowflakes are a rare commodity in Johannesburg. According to the AP, South African Weather Service records show it has snowed in Johannesburg on only 22 other days in the last 103 years. The last snow fell there in June 2007.
Why did it snow there? Perhaps U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton brought it with her from here. She visited Pretoria, the country's capital, when its first snowfall there since 1968 happened.
Here is a Youtube video of the snow, posted by "JHB"
--Althea Peterson
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