On January 13, frosts in the Irkutsk region will begin to ease, forecasters promise warmer weather and light snow. Cold weather will remain, and in low areas and in the north temperatures will stay especially low. In Irkutsk after night minus 30 to minus 32, daytime is expected around minus 20, so winter is not in a hurry to give up.
Winter will soon loosen its grip and it will get a little warmer. According to forecasters, the frosts will ease on January 13. As reported by the Irkutsk Hydrometeorological Center, on January 13 light snow is expected across the region during the day, with temperatures at night of -20,-25º and during the day of -10,-15º. In low-lying terrain, at night -30,-35º, during the day -20,-25º, and in the far northern areas -26,-31º.In Irkutsk on January 12, temperatures at night are expected to be -30,-32º, and around -20º during the day.
Across the region:
On January 12, temperatures in the region will be -30,-35º at night, in the northeastern and Katangsky districts and in cloudy weather -20,-25º, and -18,-23º during the day, with -28,-33º in some places.
On January 13, partly cloudy weather is expected, with light to moderate snow in places during the day in most of the southern, Upper Lena, and northern districts, northwest wind 5-10 m/s, temperatures at night -20,-25º, during the day -10,-15º, in low-lying terrain at night -30,-35º, during the day -20,-25º, and in the far northern areas -26,-31º.
Note that on January 11, severe frosts hit Irkutsk and the Irkutsk region — the air temperature in the regional center dropped to -35º, and in the suburbs to -40º.