Rainfall - 201401 - France, see DR http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2014/01/20/sc/ and report from Meteo France (attached)
Air quality - 201402 - Europe see MACC investigation 20140218 Dust in Italy and Switzerland
Snowfall - 201402 - Japan, see DR http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2014/02/19/sc/
Air quality - 201402 - UK, se DR http://intra.ecmwf.int/daily/d/dreport/2014/04/02