Weather in SIBERIA.

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https://www.hmn.ru/index.php?index=1&ts=230420114842
Abnormally cold weather has been infecting Siberia this week, particularly southern parts.

On average, temperatures have been holding 6C below the seasonal norm, as much as 16C in some regions.

This part of the world is accustomed to light frosts during the month of April; however the Siberian nights have been delivering hard, disruptive freezes. The mercury is plunging to -20C (-4F) in parts, with lows of -10C to -15C (14F to 5F) widespread.

Such lows are proving record-breaking reports hmn.ru.

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The freeze across Siberia has intensified, delivering Russia its lowest September temperature in four years.

On Sept 25, Batagay-Alyta (Sakkyryr Airport) sank to -22.6C (-8.7F), the coldest September mark anywhere in Russia since Delyankir’s -24C (-11.2F) in 2021. The nation’s all-time September record remains the -27.6C (-17.7F) at Ilirney back in 1965.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/siberia-plunges-to-226c-87f-early

[Mark]

The early-season cold gripping Siberia shows no sign of easing.

Summer quickly collapsed this year into a sharp September freeze, and temperatures have remained 4C to 7C below normal across vast regions of Russia, including Kemerovo, Tomsk, and Altai, through the first 8 days of October.

A stationary cold core is once again dominating the region, fed by ultrapolar air spilling south through the troposphere. This setup has locked Siberia into a prolonged cold phase, with no meaningful thaw in sight.

Additional snow is forecast, in locales such as the Altai and Kuzbass highlands, where nighttime lows will dip to -8C (18F). More of the same, in other words: more snow, more cold — with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, northern China, and India also impacted.



Rutgers Daily Snow Extent for Oct 8.

Heavy October snow is already burying India’s northern reaches, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand hit hard.

More than 75 cm (30 inches) fell at Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand between Oct 6 and 8, while Himachal’s Lahaul–Spiti, Keylong, and Koksar posted 30–45 cm (12–18 inches).

Roads are blocked, power lines down, and apple orchards are reporting extensive damage with temperatures crashing below freezing — as low as -5C (23F) across the higher valleys.

The Manali–Leh highway remains shut, and villages in Pangi and Spiti remain cut off.

The Indian Meteorological Department has alerts in place for the likes of Kullu, Lahaul–Spiti, Chamba, and Kangra, warning of more snow and strong winds to come.

The department has already described northern India’s cold and widespread snowfall as unusually early, among the earliest on record.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/siberias-deep-october-chill-snow

[Mark]

October is running far colder than normal across Siberia, with average temperatures so far this month sitting 7C to 9C below average.

Novosibirsk has seen nights plunge to -12C (10F), while daytime highs have failed to top 4C (39F). Last week, the city set a daily record: -10.4C (13.3F). Omsk broke two records: -12.7C (9.1F) and -13.8C (7.2F). While to the south, Chemal in the Altai Republic fell to -8.7C (16.3F) last Wednesday, beating a record that had stood since 1961.

The cold has since deepened, with Shologonsky crashing to -30.4C (-22.7F) over the weekend, the Northern Hemisphere’s first -30C reading of the season (outside Greenland) — a whopping 14C (25F) below the mid-October norm.




The freeze has spilled south too, with Mongolia also posting its first -30C readings of the season — exceptionally early.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-records-fall-across-siberia