Category: Cold spells affecting Russian Federation

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Russian Federation

Duration: 10 days

Time span: April 24 2026 to May 03 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -7.3 °C

Event center: 55.5°N 137.5°E

Area affected: 51148 km$^2$

Fig. 1: unavailable since event is ongoing.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Apr-24_to_2026-May-03_137.5_55.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Russian Federation

Duration: 11 days

Time span: April 20 2026 to April 30 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -19.4 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 163.0°E

Area affected: 1008553 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Apr-20_to_2026-Apr-30_163.0_57.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Russian Federation

Duration: 4 days

Time span: April 19 2026 to April 22 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -2.5 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -7.5 °C

Event center: 58.5°N 54.0°E

Area affected: 191761 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Apr-19_to_2026-Apr-22_54.0_58.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: April 18 2026 to April 23 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -3.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -5.9 °C

Event center: 54.0°N 102.0°E

Area affected: 65462 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Apr-18_to_2026-Apr-23_102.0_54.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Russian Federation

Duration: 8 days

Time span: April 14 2026 to April 21 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -13.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: -13.0 °C

Event center: 57.5°N 93.0°E

Area affected: 482625 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Apr-14_to_2026-Apr-21_93.0_57.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Russian Federation

Duration: 5 days

Time span: April 08 2026 to April 12 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -9.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -12.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -23.7 °C

Event center: 66.0°N 102.0°E

Area affected: 53417 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Apr-08_to_2026-Apr-12_102.0_66.0