Category: Extremes 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: 12 days

Time span: August 12 2026 to August 23 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.8 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.1 °C

Event center: 65.0°N 127.0°E

Area affected: 797961 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-12_to_2026-Aug-23_127.0_65.0

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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

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Event type: Cold spell

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

• Russian Federation

Duration: 14 days

Time span: August 09 2026 to August 22 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.2 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 8.5 °C

Event center: 59.0°N 151.0°E

Area affected: 92353 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-09_to_2026-Aug-22_151.0_59.0

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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: August 06 2026 to August 08 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.0 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.2 °C
• Minimum temperature: 4.3 °C

Event center: 53.5°N 134.0°E

Area affected: 158311 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-06_to_2026-Aug-08_134.0_53.5

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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: August 04 2026 to August 07 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Mean temperature: 5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -11.4 °C
• Minimum temperature: -0.5 °C

Event center: 61.5°N 149.0°E

Area affected: 436727 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-04_to_2026-Aug-07_149.0_61.5

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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: August 04 2026 to August 07 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.5 °C
• Mean temperature: 11.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 9.2 °C

Event center: 59.5°N 130.5°E

Area affected: 190962 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-04_to_2026-Aug-07_130.5_59.5