Russian Marathon Race Hits Record Low -53C (-63.4F); Parts Of Turkey See First Snow Since 1993; Greece's Worst Snowstorm Since 1968; + Montenegro Suffers Its Coldest Temperature Ever

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https://electroverse.net/marathon-record-low-53c-ottawas-record-cold-jan-turkey-first-snow-1993-greeces-worst-since-1968-montenegro-cold/

 

"Russian Marathon Race Hits 

Record Low -53C (-63.4F)

Siberia’s ‘Pole of Cold Marathon‘
has just entered the Guinness Book
Of Records as the world’s coldest ever race.

The marathon, held annually
in Russia’s frozen Yakutia republic,
took place on Jan 21 this year.

A total of sixty-five runners entered,
from as far a field as the U.A.E and the U.S..

... (-63.4F) was logged during the run,
making it the coldest marathon ever,
busting the previous record of -52C (-61.6F)
set in 2019.

... the winner was a Russian (no surprises there)
— Vasily Lukin crossed the finish line in 3:22.

Parts Of Turkey See First Snow Since 1993

Iran and Iraq had suffered record low temperatures over the weekend –of -27.4C (-17.3F) and -30C (-22F), respectively ...

This has caused Iran’s domestic heating demand to hit record highs, which in turn has seen the country cut gas supplies to its western neighbor Turkey.

This move couldn’t have come at a worst time for the Turkish government, which has been forced to implement 3-days a week power outages

as the country battles its own record-breaking Arctic blast, with lows of -39.7C (-39.5F) logged in some parts, and record snowfall.

The disruptive snow totals that settled over the weekend, which delivered a meter (3.3ft) to parts of Istanbul and stranded thousands of vehicles, have been followed by the first flakes since 1993 hitting parts of Turkey’s southern coast, including in Antalya, Mugla and Dalaman.

The coastal snow has been unusually deep, too — totals that these region have never witnessed before, according to local reports.

Greece’s Worst Snowstorm Since 1968

Continuing west, Greece’s snow over the past few days has been the heaviest since at least 1968.

In Athens, historic totals of 50cm (1.64ft) –and beyond– have been documented.

And across the city, many schools and business have been closed, hundreds of roads blocked, and thousands of flights either delayed or cancelled.

Daytime temperatures in Athens have struggled of late, ranging from below-freezing to highs of just 3.8C (38.8F).

In Florina, northern Greece, a bone-chilling -17.3C (0.9F) was measured recently.

While in the nation’s mountainous valleys, record lows have been observed of between -20C (-4F) and -25C (-13F).

Southeast Europe

Staying in Southeast Europe, the continent’s Balkan region is also suffering an all-time, record-breaking chill this week, as a meridional jet stream flow continues to funnel brutal Arctic air anomalously far south.

In Kosanica village, Montenegro the mercury plunged -33.4C (-28.1F) on Tuesday, setting a new record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in the country — the reading busted the previous national low of -32C (-25.6F) set in Rožaje during the January of 1985 (solar minimum of cycle 21).

And elsewhere in the Balkan’s, record lows have been reported — the -31.1C (-24F) in Serbia being most notable.

INDIA:

In Bhopal and Indore, for example, out of 33 weather stations, 18 have logged record lows.

While in Delhi, the official temperature –logged at the Safdarjung station– struggled to a high of just 12.1C (53.8F) on Tuesday,

which is some 10C below the capital’s average and its lowest daily max in nine years.

So far this month, Delhi has logged 11 days with daytime temperatures below 17C (62.6F) .

This is the most since January 2015, which also saw 11 cold days.

But with almost week left to run, and with India’s anomalous chill forecast to persist, IMD meteorologists are expecting this winter to breach 2003’s record stretch."