Parts of nthn. China, Japan, & South Korea are now experiencing...

Parts of nthn. China, Japan, & South Korea are now experiencing colder than average winter temperatures.
Will this continue for the rest of the nthn winter? If so, thermal coal prices might be boosted (Conversely, Europe, Nthn. USA & Canada are now having warmer than average winter temps).

The post October 2023 El Nino modelling (ie warmer & drier weather, generally) expected only nthn. Europe to have 2023/24 winter temps. colder than average .

bbc.com M. Bristow 25.12 23 said

"The Chinese capital, Beijing, has experienced its coldest December since records began in 1951.

Temperatures in the city have frequently fallen below -10C this month.

It has been a year of extremes in the capital: six months ago, Beijing recorded its hottest ever (*) June day, at just over 40C.

China has been hit by several waves of extremely cold weather already this winter...

Meanwhile, parts of northern Japan have seen huge snowfall - far above the usual amount for this time of year.

Heavy snow alerts have been issued for some areas over the past few days, with around a metre (39 inches) of snow falling in the Gifu and Hokkaido prefectures.

There has been an extreme swing in temperatures in South Korea in recent weeks - ranging from 16C to below -12C, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).

Beijing shivers through coldest December on record - BBC News


* Beware of misleading claims of " record temperatures"- &/or "coldest, or hottest, temperatures ever".
Accurate records have only been kept, generally, for c.150-200 years ie a miniscule amount, in historic terms, of accurate data. The world does appear, however, to be, generally, warming.

Furthermore, most climate scientists admit there is now the current "Urban Heat Island Effect".
(This accepts that, because cities now have a much higher % of their surfaces covered by bitumen & concrete, & thus less surface soil coverage, cf previous centuries, more heat is being radiated. This raises average temps.).