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Heat gets the headlines. Cold continues to be rug-swept.

Saskylah's Mid-June Freeze

The remote settlement of Saskylah in Yakutia, Russia plunged to -7.7C (18.1F) — one of the coldest June temperatures ever recorded there.

It’s mid-June, a time when even Siberia should be thawing. Yet Saskylah is flirting with full-blown winter, a deep freeze driven by stubborn Arctic air descending south, combined with crystal-clear skies that let the heat bleed out overnight.

Ground-level factors like lingering snow and reflective permafrost only deepened the chill.

Yakutia (at 3,083,523 km2) has a coldest-ever July temperature of -2.1C (28.2F) — this mid-June chill (-7.7C) was exceptional.

Such cold this late disrupts plant growth, hampers herders, and throws off wildlife behavior — in a region that already runs on thin seasonal margins.

Record Cold For Eurasia

There's more cold on the cards for this part of the world—as per latest GFS runs...