Ulan Bator
Overnight temperatures in Zuungovi soum, an administrative subdivision of the western Mongolian province of Uvs, plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius from Tuesday to Wednesday, marking the coldest temperature recorded in Mongolia this winter, as reported by the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring. A strong cold front originating in Siberia, Russia, has been sweeping across extensive areas of Mongolia since the beginning of last week. This has led to significant temperature drops accompanied by strong winds and blizzards. The cold wave is expected to persist until Friday. Historically, on December 26, 1966, overnight temperatures in the same soum dropped to minus 55.6 degrees Celsius, marking the coldest temperature in Mongolia’s recorded history.
