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.

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

While weather coverage remains fixated on heat, a summer chill has spread across swaths of Russia.

Western Siberia has cooled sharply, with temperatures running well below normal across large parts of the region.

Nighttime temperatures are dipping to around 5C (41F), with cold air trailing behind a departing cyclone.

Severnoye, in Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast, fell to 5.8C (42.4F) on July 12, beating the locale’s previous daily minimum of 7.2C (45F) set in 1975. The station (WMO 29418) holds records back to 1936.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/siberian-chill-breaks-51-year-record
France’s heatwave gets international headlines. Russia’s summer cold is skipped.

Serbia’s mountains are receiving their first snow of the season Tuesday, Sept 22 — roughly three weeks ahead of schedule.

A sharp cold front is sweeping the country, with snow forecast to 1,800 m (5,900 ft) during the afternoon.

The highest reaches of Kopaonik, Stara Planina and Golija are all expected to see cover, with temperatures dropping to freezing at Kopaonik and Pančić’s Peak.

Long-term climatological data, covering 1950–1994, put the average beginning of measurable snows at October 13.

Media focus in Europe is, once again, on a pocket of warmth in the West, ignoring the East which is shivering:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/early-snow-for-serbia-vostok-hits