"Last winter (2020-21) held historically cold across vast swathes of transcontinental Russia — it went down as northern/central Asia’s ‘longest and harshest’ winter on record.
But now this year, the chill has started even earlier…
Extreme frosts have struck Siberia this week.
A low of -55.7C (-68.3F) was observed in Delyankir on December 1.
Such a reading would be considered rare for January or February, let alone the first morning of December.
It’s also one just 0.7C and 2.8C above the city’s all time November and December low temperature records, respectively.
In addition, Delyankir’s high for the day reached only -48.2C (-54.8F) — a new record low-maximum.
Schools in the region have been cancelled –as is the law whenever temps drop below -50C– which, as noted by mkweather.com, is remarkably early:
“frosts below -55C are usually coming only in late-December, January, or early February”
…and this is… “one of the earliest occurrences of frost below -55C in the region in history!”
Elsewhere, Oymyakon reported a minimum temperature of -54.4C (-65.7F) in the early hours of Wednesday morning;
Yurty hit -54.3C (-65.7F); and the infamous Verkhoyansk registered -50.1C (-58.2F).
... Northern Hemisphere Snow Mass Marches On
Snow mass across the entire Northern Hemisphere is progressing incredibly well this season, and currently stands at more than 250 Gigatons above the 1982-2012 average–an impossibility under the original global warming theory:
this was the base’s coldest November temperature since 2004’s -43.3C (-45.9F), and before that you have to go back to 1989’s" ... But also in the winter, too:
... In Canada’s northernmost weather research base, Eureka, a low of -43.1C (-45.6F) was registered on November 28 (with a windchill of -59C (-74.2F) —