Editing Weather of 2023 (section)

== Types ==
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The following listed different types of special weather conditions worldwide.

=== Cold snaps and winter storms ===
{{See also|2022–23 North American winter}}
{{See also|2023–24 North American winter}}
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In January, a [[2023 Afghanistan cold snap|cold snap]] in [[Afghanistan]] killed at least 166 people and more than 80,000 livestock.<ref name="Firstpost 2023-01-25">{{cite news |date=2023-01-25 |title=Severe cold wave kills more than 150 people in Afghanistan |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/severe-cold-wave-kills-more-than-150-people-in-afghanistan-12044682.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125135720/https://www.firstpost.com/world/severe-cold-wave-kills-more-than-150-people-in-afghanistan-12044682.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A national low temperature was set in [[Mohe City]], [[China]] at {{convert|-53.0|C|F}}, on January 23.<ref>[https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/record-cold-china-snowstorm-japan/1472719 Record-setting cold, heavy snow grip eastern Asia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126203831/https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/record-cold-china-snowstorm-japan/1472719 |date=2023-01-26 }}, AccuWeather, January 24, 2023</ref> Two days later, snow fell in [[Algeria]] for the first time in ten years.<ref>[https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230125-algeria-witnesses-rare-snowfall/ Algeria witnesses rare snowfall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126204213/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230125-algeria-witnesses-rare-snowfall/ |date=2023-01-26 }}, Middle East Monitor, January 25, 2023</ref>

=== Heat waves and droughts ===
{{Main|Heat waves of 2023}}
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Starting in April 2023, a record-breaking [[2023 Asia heat wave|heat wave in Asia]] has affected multiple countries, including [[India]], [[China]], [[Laos]] and [[Thailand]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Stuti |date=2023-04-20 |title=One in three people on the planet hit by 'monster Asian heatwave' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/asia-heatwave-india-china-thailand-b2323666.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423095452/https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/asia-heatwave-india-china-thailand-b2323666.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=Rebecca |last2=Ellis-Petersen |first2=Hannah |date=2023-04-19 |title=Severe heatwave engulfs Asia causing deaths and forcing schools to close |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2023/apr/19/severe-heatwave-asia-deaths-schools-close-india-china |access-date=2023-05-09 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419113154/https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2023/apr/19/severe-heatwave-asia-deaths-schools-close-india-china |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Tornadoes ===
{{Main|Tornadoes of 2023|List of Canadian tornadoes in 2023}}{{See also|2023 Rolling Fork—Silver City tornado}}An [[Tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023|early-season tornado outbreak]] in the [[Southern United States]] was responsible for eight deaths and 53 injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=Tornado Outbreak of January 12, 2023 |url=https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01122023 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405010930/https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01122023 |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 24, an [[2023 Deer Park, Texas tornado|EF3 tornado]] struck [[Deer Park, Texas]], causing a [[tornado emergency]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chron |first=Dan Carson |date=2023-01-24 |title=Live updates: Tornado causes 'extensive' damage in Deer Park |url=https://www.chron.com/weather/article/texas-storm-tornado-watch-17738403.php |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Chron |language=en-US |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326080644/https://www.chron.com/weather/article/texas-storm-tornado-watch-17738403.php |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[February 2023 North American storm complex|storm complex]] in late February caused several tornadoes including a [[2023 Cheyenne tornado|tornado]] that hit [[Cheyenne, Oklahoma]] that killed one.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=The Severe Weather and Tornado Outbreak of February 26, 2023 |url=https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20230226 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327042024/https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20230226 |url-status=live }}</ref> A rare tornado near [[Taif]], [[Saudi Arabia]] killed one person and injured one more.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title="عكاظ" تقف على موقع إعصار الطائف وترصد الأضرار |url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/news/local/2128782 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.okaz.com.sa |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410182316/https://www.okaz.com.sa/news/local/2128782 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Researcher |first1=Teo Blašković |last2=journalist |last3=watchers.news |date=2023-03-14 |title=Large tornado hits Taif, Saudi Arabia |url=https://watchers.news/2023/03/14/large-tornado-hits-taif-saudi-arabia/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The Watchers |language=en-US |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314101416/https://watchers.news/2023/03/14/large-tornado-hits-taif-saudi-arabia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two separate tornado outbreaks between [[Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023|March 24–March 27]] and [[Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023|March 31–April 1]] caused 58 deaths and two EF4 tornadoes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brink |first=Jennifer Gray,Haley |date=2023-04-08 |title=Why severe weather this year has been so destructive and deadly |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/08/weather/severe-weather-tornado-deaths-climate/index.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410182306/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/08/weather/severe-weather-tornado-deaths-climate/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Tropical and subtropical cyclones ===
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The first named tropical cyclone of the year was [[Cyclone Hale (2023)|Cyclone Hale]], which caused minimal damage and one death in [[New Zealand]] as an [[extratropical cyclone]].<ref>{{Cite news |author1=Finlay Dunseath |author2=Gianina Schwanecke |author3=Piers Fuller |date=2023-01-26 |title=Gisborne council tight-lipped after meeting over safety at slash-covered beach after death of child |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/gisborne/300792573/gisborne-council-tightlipped-after-meeting-over-safety-at-slashcovered-beach-after-death-of-child |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202224914/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/gisborne/300792573/gisborne-council-tightlipped-after-meeting-over-safety-at-slashcovered-beach-after-death-of-child |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author1=Hanna McCallum |author2=Conor Knell |date=2023-01-11 |title=Cyclone Hale moves on, but relief may only be temporary |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/130953555/cyclone-hale-moves-on-but-relief-may-only-be-temporary |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111160835/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/130953555/cyclone-hale-moves-on-but-relief-may-only-be-temporary |url-status=live }}</ref> Later in January, [[Cyclone Cheneso]] killed at least 33 people in [[Madagascar]] and left 20 missing. In addition, it damaged over 13,000 houses and 18 medical centers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone CHENESO, update (GDACS, BNGRCMID, MeteoMadagascar, EMSR645) (ECHO Daily Flash of 01 February 2023) - Madagascar |website=ReliefWeb |date=February 2023 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-tropical-cyclone-cheneso-update-gdacs-bngrcmid-meteomadagascar-emsr645-echo-daily-flash-01-february-2023 |access-date=2023-02-02 |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201134256/https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-tropical-cyclone-cheneso-update-gdacs-bngrcmid-meteomadagascar-emsr645-echo-daily-flash-01-february-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone CHENESO, update (GDACS, Meteo France La Reunion, Meteo Madagascar, Copernicus EMSR645, BNGRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 January 2023) - Madagascar |website=ReliefWeb |date=January 27, 2023 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-tropical-cyclone-cheneso-update-gdacs-meteo-france-la-reunion-meteo-madagascar-copernicus-emsr645-bngrc-echo-daily-flash-27-january-2023 |access-date=2023-02-02 |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128045141/https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-tropical-cyclone-cheneso-update-gdacs-meteo-france-la-reunion-meteo-madagascar-copernicus-emsr645-bngrc-echo-daily-flash-27-january-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In February, [[Cyclone Freddy]] formed and lasted until March 14, making it the longest lived tropical cyclone on record, surpassing [[Hurricane John (1994)|Hurricane John]] of 1994,<ref name="Freddy record">{{cite news |last=Cappucci |first=Matthew |date=March 7, 2023 |title=Deadly cyclone Freddy has become Earth's longest-lived tropical storm |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/07/cyclone-freddy-indian-ocean-hurricane/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307222002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/07/cyclone-freddy-indian-ocean-hurricane/ |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=March 7, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> tracking across the entire Indian Ocean, the first to do so since [[Cyclone Hudah|Hudah]] and [[Cyclone Leon-Eline|Leon-Eline]] in 2000.<ref name="NOAA Freddy">{{Cite web |title=Tropical Cyclone Freddy Breaks Records before Lashing Madagascar |url=https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/tropical-cyclone-freddy-breaks-records-lashing-madagascar |access-date=February 26, 2023 |publisher=National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |language=en |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226120452/https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/tropical-cyclone-freddy-breaks-records-lashing-madagascar |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Freddy also recorded the highest [[accumulated cyclone energy]] of any tropical cyclone worldwide, at 87.01, surpassing the previous record of 85.26 by [[Hurricane Ioke]] in 2006.<ref name="NOAA Freddy" /> Freddy killed at least 1,434 people, and left 19 missing. In May, [[Cyclone Mocha]] formed and made landfall in [[Myanmar]], killing 438 people and more than 101 missing.<ref name="435 deaths3"/><ref name="rfa.org"/><ref name="bhorerkagoj"/> In June, [[Cyclone Biparjoy]] formed over the Arabian Sea and intensified into a extremely severe tropical cyclone, and made landfall in India, leaving at least 12 people dead.<ref>[https://rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/uploads/archive/2/2_c85778_37.%20Tropical%20Cyclone%20Advisory%20No.%2037%20based%20on%200000%20UTC%20of%20%2011.06.2023.pdf Tropical Cyclone Advisory 37 for North Indian Ocean issued at 0345 UTC of 11.06.2023. based on 0000 UTC of 11.06.2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613025802/https://rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/uploads/archive/2/2_c85778_37.%20Tropical%20Cyclone%20Advisory%20No.%2037%20based%20on%200000%20UTC%20of%20%2011.06.2023.pdf |date=June 13, 2023 }} (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, India: India Meteorological Department. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyclone Biparjoy to Impact 12 Districts in Rajasthan, Including Jodhpur, Udaipur {{!}} Weather.com |url=https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2023-06-13-cyclone-biparjoy-to-impact-12-rajasthan-districts-including-jodhpur |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=The Weather Channel |language=en-IN |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619112531/https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2023-06-13-cyclone-biparjoy-to-impact-12-rajasthan-districts-including-jodhpur |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms ===
{{see also|2022–23 European windstorm season}}
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[[2022–23 European windstorm season#Cyclone Helios|Cyclone Helios]] which formed in early February brought recorded rain and humidity to [[Malta]] from 80 years. [[Luqa]] recorded rain with a total of 140.4 millimeters. meteo.it defined it as a [[Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meteo, ciclone Helios sulla Sicilia: 10 febbraio di forte maltempo con raffiche a 100 km/h |url=https://www.meteo.it/notizie/meteo-ciclone-helios-sulla-sicilia-10-febbraio-di-forte-maltempo-con-raffiche-a-100kmh-f8915b3d |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Meteo.it |language=it |archive-date=2023-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210150335/https://www.meteo.it/notizie/meteo-ciclone-helios-sulla-sicilia-10-febbraio-di-forte-maltempo-con-raffiche-a-100kmh-f8915b3d |url-status=live }}</ref> as it dissipated on February 11.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BWK-FU-Berlin |website=wetterpate.de |url=https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20230211.gif |access-date=2023-02-17 |archive-date=2023-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212043144/https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20230211.gif |url-status=live }}</ref> Storm Otto, also known as Storm Ulf, brought high winds to the [[United Kingdom]], [[Norway]], and [[Germany]]. The highest wind gust was recorded in [[Cairngorms]], UK, at 193&nbsp;km/h (120&nbsp;mph).

=== Wildfires ===
{{Main|Wildfires of 2023}}
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Over [[2023 Alberta wildfires|100 wildfires]] have been confirmed in [[Alberta|Alberta, Canada]], and 13,000 people have been evacuated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ives |first=Mike |date=2023-05-06 |title=More Than 13,000 Are Evacuated as Wildfires Burn in Western Canada |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/world/canada/wildfire-western-canada-evacuation.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506114920/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/world/canada/wildfire-western-canada-evacuation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[2023 Hawaii wildfires]] kill over 110 people in the town on [[Lahaina, Hawaii]].