Second month of -40 degree temperatures in Tuva

   Mergen Loigu, translated by Heda Jindrak
12 Fabruary 2010

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This winter is very cold in Tuva – the air temperature has been staying below -40 degrees centigrade for already the second month.

Yesterday and today morning, the local media announced that the temperature is -44 degrees, but the actual thermometers of Kyzyl inhabitants were registering -50 degrees.

Two recent free days, when the thermometers registered only -35 degrees, were welcomed as a serious warming.

It is interesting that the station “Taiga” is much warmer, with its -18 degrees.

In the opinion of weather forecasters, the deep cold will continue until Shagaa. Slight warming by 5-6 degrees is expected for Saturday and Sunday.

The meteorologists announced that the average temperature in February will be 2 degrees higher than in the past years.




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