From record-shattering snow and relentless rain to astounding extreme events around the globe, it's been a week of unprecedented weather. Climate scientists say these extreme events are becoming more common in our warming world.

The wicked weather along the West Coast has been dominating the U.S. headlines this week. In what has become a repeating pattern this winter, another Atmospheric River has set up shop across California.

The city of Venado in Sonoma County, just north of San Francisco, was deluged by a remarkable more than 20 inches of rain in 48 hours. To give you some perspective, that's the equivalent of 17 feet of snow, or three people stacked vertically on top of each other!

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On Tuesday, the city of Santa Rosa picked up 5.66 inches of rain, shattering their all-time daily rainfall record.

The flooding is so bad in Guerneville that it is cut-off from the outside by the overflowing Russian River. The only way to reach the town is by boat. One resident said "I feel like I'm living in a perpetual state of disaster here in California"

I feel like I'm living in a perpetual state of disaster here in California. Floods are eerie at night, as Guerneville and the rest of the Russian River Area brace for more flooding. @NorthBayNews @NWSBayArea #cawx #AtmosphericRiver #CAstorm pic.twitter.com/sCn4Kx8h7p — Kent Porter (@kentphotos) February 27, 2019

In the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains, the snowfall is equally as impressive and disruptive. Squaw Valley Ski Resort has registered it snowiest month in recorded history.

With another 14”, #februBURIED total snowfall has hit the 300” mark for the month so far! Snow is heavier with varied snow levels, but the storm is forecasted to continue thru tomorrow with snow levels dropping to the base by tonight. Details: https://t.co/t3GXnrT1EK pic.twitter.com/UNDvhHjaGg — Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows (@squawalpine) February 27, 2019

The snow banks are so high in Sierra-at-Tahoe that it took "four Tonys" to get to the top.

So you're telling me that your snow depth is 4 TONY'S! THATS 23'-4" OF TONY! incredible. pic.twitter.com/tfLJVgPmkW — Remy Mermelstein | WeatherInTheHud (@WeatherInTheHud) February 26, 2019

This can all be traced to an unusual climate pattern across the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. This winter has been dominated by a very strong Pacific jet stream, which has been splitting into two branches in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

One branch is taking the southern route through Hawaii, tapping into extra warm water from El Nino, transporting tropically humid air into California as atmospheric rivers known as the Pineapple Express.

The other branch has been taking the northern route pounding Alaska for weeks.

Rick Thoman, a climate specialist for the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, said there have been a "parade of storms moving though the western and central Bering Sea. This has kept Western Alaska very stormy and mild: some places will have the warmest February of record."

Temperatures in parts of the Arctic are forecast to be up to 50 degrees above normal the next few days.

The extreme event continues to unfold from the Bering Sea (Alaska) into the #Arctic over the next week. Temperatures will rise to more than 20°C above average with further sea ice retreat expected (https://t.co/BkhAkJipgm). Meanwhile, cold air will be displayed into North America pic.twitter.com/HSg2Lt3Jpl — Zack Labe (@ZLabe) February 27, 2019

Zack Labe, Ph.D candidate at the University California, Irvine, said the dynamic pattern is having impacts locally in Alaska and over the U.S. mainland as well. "It is likely February Bering Sea ice extent will be the 2nd lowest on record (after last year)," Labe said. "The large warm ridge is also related to the frigid temperatures downstream in central Canada and the northern contiguous United States."

In other words, the unusual warmth in the Arctic is displacing frigid air, shoving it southward across the States. As a result, it will be a cold start to March for much of the U.S.

In the East, strong winds have been the problem, with hurricane-force winds recorded Monday morning in upstate New York.

The 80 MPH Gust: Wind gust recorded at 80 MPH at 8:54am along Lake Ontario at the Oswego Coast Guard station. Here are 40 raw seconds captured in that timeframe. Hurricane force on this Great Lake today. @spann @JimCantore @StormHour @JamesGilbertWX @TomNiziol @wxbywilliams pic.twitter.com/saxiDHlaNW — John Kucko (@john_kucko) February 26, 2019

Mount Washington New Hampshire recorded a wind gust to 171 mph. This was the all-time highest peak gust for February.

Speaking of wind gusts, Super Typhoon Wutip reached Category 5 status on Monday with 160 mph sustained winds in the western Pacific.

2.5-minute rapid scan #Himawari8 Infrared images showing the formation of a well-defined eye and annular eyewall structure as Super Typhoon #Wutip reached Category 5 intensity west of #Guam: https://t.co/qwuRPtBoh8 pic.twitter.com/CjqP9YjMYV — Scott Bachmeier (@CIMSS_Satellite) February 25, 2019

This is the first February category 5 storm on record on in Northern Hemisphere.

In Australia, after suffering through a historic summer heat wave, the severe heat is back with highs expected to reach 115. The heat wave is expected to continue into the weekend.

In northwest Europe dozens of heat records have been broken this week. Londoners were treated to 70 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday – the warmest winter day ever recorded in all of the U.K.

We’ll be doing an attribution study on how this week’s record-breaking temperatures were affected by #climatechange A Met Office analysis in 2014 showed that since 2000 there were 10 times as many high temperature records broken as cold temperature ones https://t.co/6cgNBdj7CY pic.twitter.com/1CEaORGsQx — Met Office (@metoffice) February 27, 2019

These temperatures are so staggering for winter that the U.K. Met Office will be doing what's known as an "Attribution Study" to determine the contribution from climate change.

Worldwide weather events that would typically shock and amaze are now becoming par for the course as extremes are increasingly the new normal.

While climate change cannot explain any one event, Dr Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, explained there is a significant connection.

"We continue to see unprecedented extreme weather events which cannot be explained without taking into account human-caused warming of the planet," Mann said. "Our own research suggests that model-based attribution studies, if anything, likely underestimate the role that climate change is playing with many of these weather extremes."