Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021

Name: Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021
Start: 2021-01-12
End: 2021-01-21
Location: Belarus, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Latvia, Norway, Romania

Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021: 137 records at 83 stations, peak on 14 January 2021. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021 set or tied 137 station records at 83 stations.
It ran from 12 January 2021 to 21 January 2021 (10 days) and its peak day was 14 January 2021.
Status: closed.
Mariupol' set a daily record low maximum temperature of -12.8 C (9.0 F) on 19 January 2021.
The busiest day was 14 January 2021 with 32 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 84 years.

Footprint

12 to 21 January 2021

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mariupol'	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2021-01-19
Kuusamo Lentoasema-1	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	2021-01-13
Krasnye Baki	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	2021-01-13
Pinega	Record low maximum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	2021-01-14
Slutsk	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	2021-01-18
Strachowice	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2021-01-18
Izium	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	2021-01-21
Vardoe	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	2021-01-13
Rivne	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	2021-01-18
Reboly	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	2021-01-14
Mosnov	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	2021-01-18
Pudoz	Record low maximum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	2021-01-12
Padany	Record low maximum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	2021-01-14
Belyj	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	2021-01-18
Kirovohrad	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	2021-01-19
Khmelnytskyi	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	2021-01-18
Kuusamo Kiutakongas	Record low maximum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	2021-01-14
Bobruisk	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	2021-01-17

Records per Day

Peak day 32

Records set or tied each day from 12 January 2021 to 21 January 2021. The most in one day was 32 on 14 January 2021.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021
Date	Records
2021-01-12	3
2021-01-13	14
2021-01-14	32
2021-01-15	9
2021-01-16	15
2021-01-17	16
2021-01-18	26
2021-01-19	19
2021-01-20	2
2021-01-21	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021 ranked by margin
Krasnye Baki, 01-13	9.5 C (17.1 F)
Rivne, 01-18	9.5 C (17.1 F)
Pinega, 01-14	7.5 C (13.5 F)
Mosnov, 01-18	7.2 C (13.0 F)
Pudoz, 01-12	7.1 C (12.8 F)
Kuusamo Lentoasema-1, 01-13	6.5 C (11.7 F)
Padany, 01-14	5.7 C (10.3 F)
Slutsk, 01-18	5.4 C (9.7 F)
Kuusamo Kiutakongas, 01-14	5.0 C (9.0 F)
Pudoz, 01-14	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Krasnye Baki, 01-14	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Izium, 01-21	2.8 C (5.0 F)
Khmelnytskyi, 01-18	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Reboly, 01-14	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Bobruisk, 01-17	2.3 C (4.1 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

137 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 Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.6	84
5.4	54
6.5	58
0.6	79
7.5	55
9.5	44
2.8	71
0.3	70
9.5	25
7.2	42
2.3	55
5.7	53
7.1	45
0.1	71
1.3	60
3.3	55
2.4	54
2.3	54
5.0	51
3.0	54
2.2	58
3.0	45
2.7	45
4.7	34
0.1	61
3.6	41
1.5	54
2.4	53
1.8	56
0.9	54
1.2	54
1.0	55
0.3	54
1.3	54
1.4	55
0.5	54
1.7	53
2.5	53
1.1	53
1.2	48
1.8	45
1.4	45
3.6	34
2.4	48
0.8	53
0.9	53
1.6	45
0.6	51
1.5	52
0.7	51
2.0	35
3.7	41
4.3	35
0.1	54
8.1	20
4.4	25
1.3	48
0.4	53
1.0	45
2.2	43
1.8	43
1.9	45
0.5	51
2.0	51
0.3	54
2.6	34
2.7	41
1.0	45
0.9	45
0.8	45
0.4	45
1.8	34
1.1	45
3.1	35
0.4	44
1.0	53
2.0	41
0.4	45
2.2	34
2.2	34
2.5	34
6.5	22
0.3	45
2.6	41
3.3	35
1.5	36
0.5	41
3.3	31
3.4	31
2.2	34
0.6	34
0.7	34
0.7	34
0.2	45
4.9	22
0.6	39
0.6	36
0.1	34
0.8	34
0.5	34
2.3	26
0.6	34
0.4	36
0.2	34
6.6	8
1.0	34
1.6	34
2.4	31
0.6	34
0.5	41
1.0	34
4.0	11
0.4	34
2.6	15
0.1	34
1.6	31
7.1	5
0.9	31
3.4	22
0.8	31
0.5	30
1.6	22
3.4	7
0.1	22
3.5	12
2.2	15
3.7	5
1.3	7
0.8	4
0.1	9
2.0	8
1.8	8
1.9	5
2.4	5
2.1	6
0.5	5
0.1	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021 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 Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021 (this event)	137 records

Every Record Set

20 of 137

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Belarus and 10 other countries, 12 to 21 January 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-01-12	Pudoz	Record low maximum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	45	28 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-13	Kuusamo Lentoasema-1	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	58	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-13	Krasnye Baki	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	44	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-13	Vardoe	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	70	30 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-14	Pinega	Record low maximum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	55	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-14	Reboly	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	55	29 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-14	Padany	Record low maximum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	53	28 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-14	Pudoz	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55	26 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-14	Kuusamo Kiutakongas	Record low maximum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51	25 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-14	Krasnye Baki	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	54	25 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-17	Bobruisk	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	54	25 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-18	Slutsk	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	54	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-18	Strachowice	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79	31 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-18	Rivne	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	25	30 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-18	Mosnov	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	42	29 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-18	Belyj	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71	28 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-18	Khmelnytskyi	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	54	26 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-19	Mariupol'	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84	34 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-19	Kirovohrad	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60	27 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-21	Izium	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71	31 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 137 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 2026-10-17. 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
0.6	84
5.4	54
6.5	58
0.6	79
7.5	55
9.5	44
2.8	71
0.3	70
9.5	25
7.2	42
2.3	55
5.7	53
7.1	45
0.1	71
1.3	60
3.3	55
2.4	54
2.3	54
5.0	51
3.0	54
2.2	58
3.0	45
2.7	45
4.7	34
0.1	61
3.6	41
1.5	54
2.4	53
1.8	56
0.9	54
1.2	54
1.0	55
0.3	54
1.3	54
1.4	55
0.5	54
1.7	53
2.5	53
1.1	53
1.2	48
1.8	45
1.4	45
3.6	34
2.4	48
0.8	53
0.9	53
1.6	45
0.6	51
1.5	52
0.7	51
2.0	35
3.7	41
4.3	35
0.1	54
8.1	20
4.4	25
1.3	48
0.4	53
1.0	45
2.2	43
1.8	43
1.9	45
0.5	51
2.0	51
0.3	54
2.6	34
2.7	41
1.0	45
0.9	45
0.8	45
0.4	45
1.8	34
1.1	45
3.1	35
0.4	44
1.0	53
2.0	41
0.4	45
2.2	34
2.2	34
2.5	34
6.5	22
0.3	45
2.6	41
3.3	35
1.5	36
0.5	41
3.3	31
3.4	31
2.2	34
0.6	34
0.7	34
0.7	34
0.2	45
4.9	22
0.6	39
0.6	36
0.1	34
0.8	34
0.5	34
2.3	26
0.6	34
0.4	36
0.2	34
6.6	8
1.0	34
1.6	34
2.4	31
0.6	34
0.5	41
1.0	34
4.0	11
0.4	34
2.6	15
0.1	34
1.6	31
7.1	5
0.9	31
3.4	22
0.8	31
0.5	30
1.6	22
3.4	7
0.1	22
3.5	12
2.2	15
3.7	5
1.3	7
0.8	4
0.1	9
2.0	8
1.8	8
1.9	5
2.4	5
2.1	6
0.5	5
0.1	4

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.6	84
5.4	54
6.5	58
0.6	79
7.5	55
9.5	44
2.8	71
0.3	70
9.5	25
7.2	42
2.3	55
5.7	53
7.1	45
0.1	71
1.3	60
3.3	55
2.4	54
2.3	54
5.0	51
3.0	54
2.2	58
3.0	45
2.7	45
4.7	34
0.1	61
3.6	41
1.5	54
2.4	53
1.8	56
0.9	54
1.2	54
1.0	55
0.3	54
1.3	54
1.4	55
0.5	54
1.7	53
2.5	53
1.1	53
1.2	48
1.8	45
1.4	45
3.6	34
2.4	48
0.8	53
0.9	53
1.6	45
0.6	51
1.5	52
0.7	51
2.0	35
3.7	41
4.3	35
0.1	54
8.1	20
4.4	25
1.3	48
0.4	53
1.0	45
2.2	43
1.8	43
1.9	45
0.5	51
2.0	51
0.3	54
2.6	34
2.7	41
1.0	45
0.9	45
0.8	45
0.4	45
1.8	34
1.1	45
3.1	35
0.4	44
1.0	53
2.0	41
0.4	45
2.2	34
2.2	34
2.5	34
6.5	22
0.3	45
2.6	41
3.3	35
1.5	36
0.5	41
3.3	31
3.4	31
2.2	34
0.6	34
0.7	34
0.7	34
0.2	45
4.9	22
0.6	39
0.6	36
0.1	34
0.8	34
0.5	34
2.3	26
0.6	34
0.4	36
0.2	34
6.6	8
1.0	34
1.6	34
2.4	31
0.6	34
0.5	41
1.0	34
4.0	11
0.4	34
2.6	15
0.1	34
1.6	31
7.1	5
0.9	31
3.4	22
0.8	31
0.5	30
1.6	22
3.4	7
0.1	22
3.5	12
2.2	15
3.7	5
1.3	7
0.8	4
0.1	9
2.0	8
1.8	8
1.9	5
2.4	5
2.1	6
0.5	5
0.1	4

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.6	84
5.4	54
6.5	58
0.6	79
7.5	55
9.5	44
2.8	71
0.3	70
9.5	25
7.2	42
2.3	55
5.7	53
7.1	45
0.1	71
1.3	60
3.3	55
2.4	54
2.3	54
5.0	51
3.0	54
2.2	58
3.0	45
2.7	45
4.7	34
0.1	61
3.6	41
1.5	54
2.4	53
1.8	56
0.9	54
1.2	54
1.0	55
0.3	54
1.3	54
1.4	55
0.5	54
1.7	53
2.5	53
1.1	53
1.2	48
1.8	45
1.4	45
3.6	34
2.4	48
0.8	53
0.9	53
1.6	45
0.6	51
1.5	52
0.7	51
2.0	35
3.7	41
4.3	35
0.1	54
8.1	20
4.4	25
1.3	48
0.4	53
1.0	45
2.2	43
1.8	43
1.9	45
0.5	51
2.0	51
0.3	54
2.6	34
2.7	41
1.0	45
0.9	45
0.8	45
0.4	45
1.8	34
1.1	45
3.1	35
0.4	44
1.0	53
2.0	41
0.4	45
2.2	34
2.2	34
2.5	34
6.5	22
0.3	45
2.6	41
3.3	35
1.5	36
0.5	41
3.3	31
3.4	31
2.2	34
0.6	34
0.7	34
0.7	34
0.2	45
4.9	22
0.6	39
0.6	36
0.1	34
0.8	34
0.5	34
2.3	26
0.6	34
0.4	36
0.2	34
6.6	8
1.0	34
1.6	34
2.4	31
0.6	34
0.5	41
1.0	34
4.0	11
0.4	34
2.6	15
0.1	34
1.6	31
7.1	5
0.9	31
3.4	22
0.8	31
0.5	30
1.6	22
3.4	7
0.1	22
3.5	12
2.2	15
3.7	5
1.3	7
0.8	4
0.1	9
2.0	8
1.8	8
1.9	5
2.4	5
2.1	6
0.5	5
0.1	4