For another datapoint, this year Tokyo experienced the coldest winter in 48 years [1] and is now in the middle of the hottest summer ever [2].

[1] http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201801250019.html

[2] https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/23/asia/japan-heatwave-deadl...

Cold extremes are becoming colder, hot extremes are becoming hotter.