Record cold in northern China with -53 C

China's "North Pole" recorded the lowest temperature since weather data records exist.

The Chinese city of Mohe dropped to minus 53 degrees Celsius on Sunday, China Daily reported, citing data from the country's local meteorological bureau.

The freezing temperatures broke the previous record by minus 52.3 degrees Celsius. Temperatures remained below minus 50 degrees Celsius for three consecutive days. A new wave of extreme cold has hit Heilongjiang, and several areas in the Greater Khingan Range have recorded the coldest temperatures ever ."

Earlier this month, we pointed out that a cold air mass swirling in the Arctic was breaking records. The rural town of Zhilinda in northern Siberia recorded temperatures of minus 62.1 degrees Celsius.

Extremely cold air from Siberia is moving south. North China (Mohe region) is reporting temperatures below -50 °C – one of the lowest during the measurement period: https://t.co/yZwIGCN7en pic.twitter.com/gmjH25UF2g

— Ventusky (@Ventuskycom) January 22, 2023

On Monday, weather blog Severe Weather Europe pointed out that:

The polar vortex is starting to weaken as a major stratospheric warming event is about to occur. As forecasts indicate, the Polar Vortex will be heavily deformed but will not collapse completely. These major events can have a significant impact on the rest of the winter in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Polar vortex winds emerging from the North Pole could mean freezing temperatures in the UK this February https://t.co/V65UzCcnDg

— ManchesterWorld (@MancWorldUK) January 22, 2023

Some forecasters continue to tweet long-term weather patterns suggesting a polar vortex could lead to colder weather in the US and Europe later this month or early February. Which is strange, but not very strange: once that period was called "The days of the blackbird" and underlined the coldest moment of the year. Is “Global Warming” leading to summers that are summers and winters that are winters? Maybe…

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