Rain falls on Greenland's normally snowy summit for the first time on record

For the first time on record, rain has been recorded on the summit of Greenland — a location where precipitation has previously always fallen as snow or ice.

“There is no previous report of rainfall at this location (72.58°N 38.46°W), which reaches 3,215 metres in elevation,” reported the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center of the Aug. 14 event.

On August 14, 2021, temperatures rose above freezing on the summit of Greenland for only the third time this decade. But for the first time on record, rain fell at <a href=”https://twitter.com/NSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@NSF</a> Summit Station. Read the full Greenland Today report: <a href=”https://t.co/dVzhYSgefm”>https://t.co/dVzhYSgefm</a> <a