In the Irkutsk region, snow fell at the end of May. After yesterday's plus 25, frost hit the region at night, and in the Bayandayevsky district the snow cover reached 9 centimeters. Meteorologists see no anomaly in this, but for residents and gardeners such a sharp change was an unpleasant surprise, especially for seedlings. In the coming days the weather will remain unstable, rain, wet snow, wind and frost are expected, and warming will come only by the weekend.
Snow fell in the Irkutsk region. And just the day before, it had been plus 25. The cause of the May snowfall was a sharp drop in temperature. However, scientific explanations for the weather’s whims did little to comfort gardeners — the seedlings may now fail to sprout.Nighttime frosts covered the entire region. Irkutsk was hit by frost as well. Seven millimeters of precipitation fell overnight. But the weather surprised residents of the Bayandayevsky District the most. There, the snow cover reached 9 centimeters. Meteorologists see no anomaly in this. According to the Irkutsk Hydrometeorological Center, the last time such a phenomenon was observed was in 1996. For city residents, snow at the end of May came as a surprise. After all, in just a few days, summer is supposed to arrive on the calendar.
The snow that fell last night did not melt even during the day in the outskirts of Irkutsk. On this dacha, snowdrifts are still lying in the shade. Although the thermometer is already above zero now.
According to the Irkutsk Hydrometeorological Center, there is nothing anomalous about this. The last time such a phenomenon was observed was in 1996. According to meteorologists’ forecasts, the weather will remain unstable throughout the region until Friday. Rain, wet snow, wind, and frosts.
A rise in daytime temperatures is expected only by the weekend.