"Snow in Northwest Turkey
--Winter has been slow in coming to Turkey and Greece, notwithstanding the cold outbreaks that have chilled the rest of Europe. At Istanbul airport, west of city center in nearby Yesilkoy, average monthly temperature for December was 2.4C above normal. Through Monday, January was warmer than usual by 4.1C with no measurable snowfall.
As of Tuesday, however, the first shot of wintry cold struck northwestern Turkey. Cold windswept rain Monday night yielded to wet snow on Tuesday. The temperature slipped to near freezing during the afternoon."
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