It will be -50 degrees Celsius on New Year’s Day

L.Oyunjargal, Head of the Forecast Department of the Meteorological and Environmental Research Agency, clarified the weather forecast for the coming days. “In the coming days, it will be slightly warmer in most parts of the country,” he said. However, the temperature will be cold due to windstorms and frost, ”he said.

-An intense snowstorm hit the Gobi aimags yesterday. Did the weather reach dangerous levels during this time?

-It snowed in most areas yesterday, and there was a snowstorm. Although the weather was not dangerous, snowstorms occurred in Uvurkhangai, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, and Sukhbaatar aimags. In contrast, strong winds in Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, Umnugovi, Dundgovi, and Dornogovi aimags reached 18-24 meters per second. As of today, this phenomenon is emerging in Mongolia.

-Even though it started at nine, the weather is stable all over the country. What will the weather be like on New Year’s Eve?

-In the next three days, the temperature will be relatively warm throughout the country, but it is expected to be windy. Therefore, the temperature felt by the human body is frosty and cold. However, from December 26, there will be windstorms in the northern part of the country and on December 27 in most areas.

On the night of the 27th and 28th of this month, the cold will intensify in most parts of the country and be more than 10 degrees colder than the previous period. According to the weather forecast, December 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 will be freezing this year’s last days.

-It will be freezing at the end of the month. How cold is it?

-It is expected to be -50 degrees Celsius in the western aimags in December, but this time it is expected to reach -50 degrees Celsius in the central aimags such as Selenge, Darkhan, Kharaa and Yeruu river basins, Tuv aimag and Khentii aimag.

Therefore, we would like to warn people not to travel as far as possible and to move their livestock to nearby pastures, as it will be very cold in the central, eastern and Gobi regions. We have warned the relevant authorities to prevent the risk of freezing of heating lines in cities and towns.

-It is said that Mongolians get colder when the winter starts. Can you explain it from a scientific point of view?

-Mongols have long said that the lunar calendar begins with the counting of days and months. According to scientific studies, the onset of cold does not necessarily mean that the cold increases. During the winter months, it gets colder and colder, and the temperature rises to minus. The peak of the cold is January.

In that sense, December 22 is the coldest year on average. As of today, the mean intensity has not increased since the 22nd of this month.