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: May 28 2026 to June 01 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 3.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.3 °C

Event center: 61.0°N 110.0°E

Area affected: 182418 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-May-28_to_2026-Jun-01_110.0_61.0

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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: May 21 2026 to May 24 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -2.9 °C

Event center: 57.0°N 88.0°E

Area affected: 470690 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-May-21_to_2026-May-24_88.0_57.0

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 7 days

Time span: May 14 2026 to May 20 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.7 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -14.0 °C

Event center: 62.5°N 138.5°E

Area affected: 421653 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-May-14_to_2026-May-20_138.5_62.5