Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025

Name: Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025
Start: 2025-05-24
End: 2025-06-03
Location: Russia, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan

Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025: 129 records at 87 stations, peak on 29 May 2025. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025 set or tied 129 station records at 87 stations.
It ran from 24 May 2025 to 3 June 2025 (11 days) and its peak day was 29 May 2025.
Status: closed.
Minusinsk set a daily record low minimum temperature of -3.3 C (26.1 F) on 30 May 2025.
The busiest day was 29 May 2025 with 30 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 111 years.

Footprint

24 May to 3 June 2025

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Minusinsk	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2025-05-30
Achinsk	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	2025-05-28
Ust-Koksa	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	2025-05-28
Sredny Vasjugan	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	2025-05-26
Bajandaj	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	2025-05-30
Nenastnaja	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	2025-05-27
Bor	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	2025-05-26
Arxan	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2025-06-03
Inga	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2025-05-31
Uybat	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	2025-05-28
Tajshet	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2025-05-29
Toguchin	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	2025-05-29
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	2025-05-27
Tulun	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	2025-05-29
Bugt	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	2025-06-03
Zhangiztobe	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	2025-05-26
Vanavara	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	2025-05-29
Petrovskij Zavod	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	2025-05-31
Krasnyj Chikoj	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	2025-05-31

Records per Day

Peak day 30

Records set or tied each day from 24 May 2025 to 3 June 2025. The most in one day was 30 on 29 May 2025.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025
Date	Records
2025-05-24	1
2025-05-25	3
2025-05-26	8
2025-05-27	20
2025-05-28	27
2025-05-29	30
2025-05-30	20
2025-05-31	7
2025-06-01	5
2025-06-02	6
2025-06-03	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025 ranked by margin
Arxan, 06-03	4.4 C (7.9 F)
Uybat, 05-28	4.3 C (7.7 F)
Ust-Koksa, 05-28	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Minusinsk, 05-30	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Vanavara, 05-29	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Inga, 05-31	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Bugt, 06-03	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Tajshet, 05-29	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Nenastnaja, 05-28	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Nenastnaja, 05-27	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Bajandaj, 05-30	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Toguchin, 05-29	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Sredny Vasjugan, 05-26	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Tulun, 05-29	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Achinsk, 05-28	0.3 C (0.5 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

129 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.7	91
0.3	111
3.0	86
0.6	87
0.7	86
0.8	86
0.2	86
4.4	54
1.0	76
2.0	60
1.2	68
0.7	74
4.3	48
1.5	64
0.3	67
0.5	68
0.1	71
2.4	52
0.1	71
0.3	60
0.8	60
0.5	58
2.6	48
0.8	52
3.3	44
4.1	44
0.1	54
3.3	44
1.1	51
2.5	47
1.8	44
1.8	46
2.3	40
1.0	40
1.5	48
0.4	52
1.4	44
1.3	42
1.6	44
3.6	36
1.2	48
1.6	36
0.6	12
0.6	54
0.4	47
2.4	36
0.9	44
1.3	31
0.4	36
1.4	36
1.2	46
0.7	44
2.4	40
2.1	36
0.1	44
0.5	44
1.9	36
0.2	46
1.1	36
2.3	31
2.1	36
0.7	40
0.4	42
0.2	42
0.2	42
0.2	44
1.5	36
1.2	36
1.0	36
1.1	36
0.3	36
2.8	34
0.7	35
0.7	28
0.3	42
0.5	44
0.8	36
0.7	36
0.4	36
1.3	36
2.2	20
0.3	36
0.9	28
0.3	36
0.5	32
0.3	36
3.0	16
0.3	28
0.2	31
0.9	28
2.6	12
0.1	31
2.0	20
1.5	20
1.9	16
0.5	32
0.9	11
0.7	20
1.9	16
2.9	4
0.2	22
2.4	6
2.6	4
2.7	0
2.1	4
0.2	20
2.1	11
1.3	12
1.3	8
2.0	6
0.2	8
0.3	12
0.1	16
0.8	16
1.9	7
1.0	12
0.9	4
0.1	12
0.9	12
0.8	7
0.2	7
0.6	7
1.6	0
0.4	4
0.5	19
1.7	11
0.2	4
0.5	4
0.8	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025 (this event)	129 records

Every Record Set

20 of 129

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Russia and 3 other countries, 24 May to 3 June 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-05-26	Sredny Vasjugan	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87	36 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Bor	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	86	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-26	Zhangiztobe	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-27	Nenastnaja	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	86	35 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-27	Bijsk Zonalnaja	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	67	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-28	Achinsk	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	111	40 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Ust-Koksa	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	86	39 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Nenastnaja	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	76	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-28	Uybat	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	48	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-29	Tajshet	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-29	Toguchin	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	74	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-29	Tulun	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-29	Vanavara	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	52	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-30	Minusinsk	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-30	Bajandaj	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86	36 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-31	Inga	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	60	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-31	Petrovskij Zavod	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-05-31	Krasnyj Chikoj	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	60	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-06-03	Arxan	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	54	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-06-03	Bugt	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	64	29 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 129 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.7	91
0.3	111
3.0	86
0.6	87
0.7	86
0.8	86
0.2	86
4.4	54
1.0	76
2.0	60
1.2	68
0.7	74
4.3	48
1.5	64
0.3	67
0.5	68
0.1	71
2.4	52
0.1	71
0.3	60
0.8	60
0.5	58
2.6	48
0.8	52
3.3	44
4.1	44
0.1	54
3.3	44
1.1	51
2.5	47
1.8	44
1.8	46
2.3	40
1.0	40
1.5	48
0.4	52
1.4	44
1.3	42
1.6	44
3.6	36
1.2	48
1.6	36
0.6	12
0.6	54
0.4	47
2.4	36
0.9	44
1.3	31
0.4	36
1.4	36
1.2	46
0.7	44
2.4	40
2.1	36
0.1	44
0.5	44
1.9	36
0.2	46
1.1	36
2.3	31
2.1	36
0.7	40
0.4	42
0.2	42
0.2	42
0.2	44
1.5	36
1.2	36
1.0	36
1.1	36
0.3	36
2.8	34
0.7	35
0.7	28
0.3	42
0.5	44
0.8	36
0.7	36
0.4	36
1.3	36
2.2	20
0.3	36
0.9	28
0.3	36
0.5	32
0.3	36
3.0	16
0.3	28
0.2	31
0.9	28
2.6	12
0.1	31
2.0	20
1.5	20
1.9	16
0.5	32
0.9	11
0.7	20
1.9	16
2.9	4
0.2	22
2.4	6
2.6	4
2.7	0
2.1	4
0.2	20
2.1	11
1.3	12
1.3	8
2.0	6
0.2	8
0.3	12
0.1	16
0.8	16
1.9	7
1.0	12
0.9	4
0.1	12
0.9	12
0.8	7
0.2	7
0.6	7
1.6	0
0.4	4
0.5	19
1.7	11
0.2	4
0.5	4
0.8	4

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.7	91
0.3	111
3.0	86
0.6	87
0.7	86
0.8	86
0.2	86
4.4	54
1.0	76
2.0	60
1.2	68
0.7	74
4.3	48
1.5	64
0.3	67
0.5	68
0.1	71
2.4	52
0.1	71
0.3	60
0.8	60
0.5	58
2.6	48
0.8	52
3.3	44
4.1	44
0.1	54
3.3	44
1.1	51
2.5	47
1.8	44
1.8	46
2.3	40
1.0	40
1.5	48
0.4	52
1.4	44
1.3	42
1.6	44
3.6	36
1.2	48
1.6	36
0.6	12
0.6	54
0.4	47
2.4	36
0.9	44
1.3	31
0.4	36
1.4	36
1.2	46
0.7	44
2.4	40
2.1	36
0.1	44
0.5	44
1.9	36
0.2	46
1.1	36
2.3	31
2.1	36
0.7	40
0.4	42
0.2	42
0.2	42
0.2	44
1.5	36
1.2	36
1.0	36
1.1	36
0.3	36
2.8	34
0.7	35
0.7	28
0.3	42
0.5	44
0.8	36
0.7	36
0.4	36
1.3	36
2.2	20
0.3	36
0.9	28
0.3	36
0.5	32
0.3	36
3.0	16
0.3	28
0.2	31
0.9	28
2.6	12
0.1	31
2.0	20
1.5	20
1.9	16
0.5	32
0.9	11
0.7	20
1.9	16
2.9	4
0.2	22
2.4	6
2.6	4
2.7	0
2.1	4
0.2	20
2.1	11
1.3	12
1.3	8
2.0	6
0.2	8
0.3	12
0.1	16
0.8	16
1.9	7
1.0	12
0.9	4
0.1	12
0.9	12
0.8	7
0.2	7
0.6	7
1.6	0
0.4	4
0.5	19
1.7	11
0.2	4
0.5	4
0.8	4