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: 5 days

Time span: January 24 2010 to January 28 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -43.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -14.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.7 °C

Event center: 65.0°N 129.5°E

Area affected: 52321 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_2010-Jan-24_to_2010-Jan-28_129.5_65.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 3 days

Time span: January 24 2010 to January 26 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -15.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -44.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -22.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: -50.0 °C

Event center: 62.0°N 120.0°E

Area affected: 59186 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_2010-Jan-24_to_2010-Jan-26_120.0_62.0

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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: January 24 2010 to January 29 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -40.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -15.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.4 °C

Event center: 55.5°N 127.5°E

Area affected: 317256 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_2010-Jan-24_to_2010-Jan-29_127.5_55.5

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 6 days

Time span: January 15 2010 to January 20 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -13.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -40.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -17.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -47.9 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 175.0°E

Area affected: 53608 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_2010-Jan-15_to_2010-Jan-20_175.0_62.5

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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: January 14 2010 to January 21 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -10.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -34.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -18.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -44.4 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 182.0°E

Area affected: 122275 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_2010-Jan-14_to_2010-Jan-21_182.0_67.5

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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: August 14 2026 to August 18 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.8 °C
• Mean temperature: 9.2 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.2 °C

Event center: 58.0°N 113.5°E

Area affected: 131921 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-Aug-14_to_2026-Aug-18_113.5_58.0