Thermometers go above zero in places where the winter should be 20 or 30 degrees colder.
Stunned locals are taking pictures - of the rain, a near unique sight in January. Picture: Yulia Egorova
Unusually mild temperatures have been recorded in several famously cold Siberian towns this week.
Stunned locals are taking pictures - of the rain, a near unique sight in January.
In Cherskiy - far north in Yakutia - weather watchers registered 2C - in a month when temperatures, according to locals, never reach anywhere near above zero.
In Cherskiy - far north in Yakutia - weather watchers registered 2C. Picture: Alexey Kurilo
The previous closest, two years ago, was -5C.
Some 400 km to the east, in Pevek, in Chukotka, the thermometers reached a balmy 5C, the warmest ever for 30 January.
This compared to a more normal -27 on Friday.
Tractor sank on winter road in the outskirts of Chersky in February 2017 die to extremely warm weather. Picture: Pleistocene Park
Meanwhile, the Pacific port of Magadan which registered temperatures very slightly above zero.
Only a week ago, this Pacific city - well south of the polar circle but famous for its cold - was freezing in temperatures of -40C.
Meanwhile, the Pacific port of Magadan which registered temperatures very slightly above zero. Pictures: @joox_magadan, @aleks_sandra_mgdn, Irina Denisova, @kisaeva
Schools that functioned in the deep cold had to be closed today because of avalanche risks.
A warm cyclone coming in from the Pacific is blamed - or credited - for the unseasonal weather.
Some also say it is a feature of climate change.
Southern wind brought ice to Providenia Bay. Video by Maxim Antipin
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