Extreme winter in Eastern Europe! -50°C after long-term warnings of possible 50-degree threat since January 2021 came true at the end of Winter 2020/2021 and after extreme Siberian blast in continental Europe, mass of anomalously cold air has shifted above Baltic region, Turkey and Russia.
On Monday, 22. February 2021, in Ust-Shchuger, northeastward from Moscow, minimum temperature dropped to unbelivable-51,3°C!
In the same city, 31. December 1978, all-time European cold temperature record was measured, only -58,1°C. Therefore, we were only 6,8°C from all-time European record on Monday.
While easternmost parts of Europe is still bothered by extreme winter, in continental Europe continues extremely warm weather thanks to Azores high – in Balkan, Alpine region and Germany on Tuesday has continued weather with maximum temperatures above +20°C, in Balkan locally up to +24°C /topic of the next article/.
While Western and Central Europe are living a historic warm spell, North European Russia is stuck with intense negative anomalies. First -50C in Europe since January 2017 today 22 January at Ust-Shchuger with -51.3C which is also the lowest since January 2015. https://t.co/K19IbFNast
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) February 22, 2021