Not entirely suprising, this year the El Nino effect is taking place again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1

Not entirely suprising, this year the El Nino effect is taking place again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o) so extreme weather was to be expected. Add to that the global warming and you could put your money on it that a lot of weather records would be broken this year.