Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024

Name: Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024
Start: 2024-05-23
End: 2024-06-02
Location: Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia

Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024: 121 records at 77 stations, peak on 30 May 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024 set or tied 121 station records at 77 stations.
It ran from 23 May 2024 to 2 June 2024 (11 days) and its peak day was 30 May 2024.
Status: closed.
Tobolsk set a daily record low minimum temperature of -2.8 C (27.0 F) on 23 May 2024.
The busiest day was 30 May 2024 with 44 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

23 May to 2 June 2024

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Tobolsk	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2024-05-23
Tatarsk	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2024-05-30
Sredny Vasjugan	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2024-05-29
Troitsk	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	2024-05-25
Saran-Paul	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	2024-05-30
Alejskaja	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	2024-05-30
Njaksimvol	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	2024-06-01
Severnoe	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	2024-05-26
Pudino	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	2024-05-30
Irtyshsk	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2024-05-30
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	2024-05-30
Pirovskoe	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2024-05-31
Pavlodar	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	2024-05-30
Achinsk	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	2024-05-31
Karasuk	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	2024-05-26
Kargasok	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	2024-05-30
Bajanaul	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	2024-05-25
Surgut	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	2024-05-30

Records per Day

Peak day 44

Records set or tied each day from 23 May 2024 to 2 June 2024. The most in one day was 44 on 30 May 2024.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024
Date	Records
2024-05-23	1
2024-05-24	12
2024-05-25	13
2024-05-26	9
2024-05-27	3
2024-05-28	5
2024-05-29	11
2024-05-30	44
2024-05-31	9
2024-06-01	12
2024-06-02	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024 ranked by margin
Pavlodar, 05-30	4.7 C (8.5 F)
Bajanaul, 05-25	4.5 C (8.1 F)
Alejskaja, 05-30	3.4 C (6.1 F)
Pudino, 05-30	3.1 C (5.6 F)
Sredny Vasjugan, 05-30	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Irtyshsk, 05-30	2.6 C (4.7 F)
Kargasok, 05-30	2.5 C (4.5 F)
Tobolsk, 05-30	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Bijsk Zonalnaja, 05-30	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Pirovskoe, 05-31	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Troitsk, 05-25	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Achinsk, 05-31	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Severnoe, 05-26	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Njaksimvol, 06-01	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Surgut, 05-30	0.5 C (0.9 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

121 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 Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.3	130
0.4	118
0.2	95
0.3	87
0.8	86
3.4	76
0.6	80
2.4	61
2.7	63
3.1	63
0.7	74
2.6	66
1.1	74
1.4	66
4.7	45
0.8	62
2.5	63
0.2	70
4.5	48
0.5	61
1.1	63
0.7	65
1.0	61
4.5	41
0.2	34
0.4	64
2.0	45
1.3	48
0.8	48
3.3	39
3.6	45
3.5	45
1.6	45
2.9	41
3.5	45
2.9	41
4.5	35
3.4	38
0.9	45
0.7	45
0.8	53
2.5	45
0.1	53
2.2	39
1.0	45
3.8	28
0.2	45
0.2	53
0.3	14
4.1	32
1.2	48
1.8	45
0.1	41
1.1	45
0.7	42
0.9	42
0.4	45
1.0	41
0.7	45
0.4	41
0.4	53
0.9	44
0.7	45
4.2	17
1.1	41
0.9	42
0.2	45
0.8	41
0.7	45
0.3	45
0.8	41
1.3	41
1.0	41
0.9	35
0.9	42
0.3	39
2.8	28
0.9	38
0.7	39
0.4	46
0.6	32
1.0	30
2.9	28
2.3	28
0.2	39
2.6	17
0.9	22
1.4	29
1.1	31
4.6	6
2.8	12
1.2	28
2.6	12
4.0	12
0.8	22
2.8	16
2.1	11
0.9	17
3.9	9
2.5	9
0.1	18
3.4	7
1.1	18
0.8	18
0.8	17
0.7	17
0.7	7
0.4	17
0.3	18
1.1	12
0.2	17
2.0	7
0.7	16
0.7	18
2.1	6
2.0	17
1.2	5
0.2	12
0.2	10
2.0	6
0.2	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024 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 Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024 (this event)	121 records

Every Record Set

20 of 121

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Russia and 2 other countries, 23 May to 2 June 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-05-23	Tobolsk	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	130	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-25	Troitsk	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	86	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-25	Bajanaul	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	48	27 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-26	Severnoe	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	74	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-26	Karasuk	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	70	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-29	Sredny Vasjugan	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	95	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-30	Tatarsk	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	118	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-30	Saran-Paul	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Alejskaja	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Tobolsk	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	61	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Sredny Vasjugan	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	63	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Pudino	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	63	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Irtyshsk	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	66	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Bijsk Zonalnaja	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	66	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Pavlodar	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	45	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Kargasok	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	63	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-30	Surgut	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61	27 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-31	Pirovskoe	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-31	Achinsk	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	62	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-06-01	Njaksimvol	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80	33 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 121 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 2026-10-12. 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
0.3	130
0.4	118
0.2	95
0.3	87
0.8	86
3.4	76
0.6	80
2.4	61
2.7	63
3.1	63
0.7	74
2.6	66
1.1	74
1.4	66
4.7	45
0.8	62
2.5	63
0.2	70
4.5	48
0.5	61
1.1	63
0.7	65
1.0	61
4.5	41
0.2	34
0.4	64
2.0	45
1.3	48
0.8	48
3.3	39
3.6	45
3.5	45
1.6	45
2.9	41
3.5	45
2.9	41
4.5	35
3.4	38
0.9	45
0.7	45
0.8	53
2.5	45
0.1	53
2.2	39
1.0	45
3.8	28
0.2	45
0.2	53
0.3	14
4.1	32
1.2	48
1.8	45
0.1	41
1.1	45
0.7	42
0.9	42
0.4	45
1.0	41
0.7	45
0.4	41
0.4	53
0.9	44
0.7	45
4.2	17
1.1	41
0.9	42
0.2	45
0.8	41
0.7	45
0.3	45
0.8	41
1.3	41
1.0	41
0.9	35
0.9	42
0.3	39
2.8	28
0.9	38
0.7	39
0.4	46
0.6	32
1.0	30
2.9	28
2.3	28
0.2	39
2.6	17
0.9	22
1.4	29
1.1	31
4.6	6
2.8	12
1.2	28
2.6	12
4.0	12
0.8	22
2.8	16
2.1	11
0.9	17
3.9	9
2.5	9
0.1	18
3.4	7
1.1	18
0.8	18
0.8	17
0.7	17
0.7	7
0.4	17
0.3	18
1.1	12
0.2	17
2.0	7
0.7	16
0.7	18
2.1	6
2.0	17
1.2	5
0.2	12
0.2	10
2.0	6
0.2	5

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.3	130
0.4	118
0.2	95
0.3	87
0.8	86
3.4	76
0.6	80
2.4	61
2.7	63
3.1	63
0.7	74
2.6	66
1.1	74
1.4	66
4.7	45
0.8	62
2.5	63
0.2	70
4.5	48
0.5	61
1.1	63
0.7	65
1.0	61
4.5	41
0.2	34
0.4	64
2.0	45
1.3	48
0.8	48
3.3	39
3.6	45
3.5	45
1.6	45
2.9	41
3.5	45
2.9	41
4.5	35
3.4	38
0.9	45
0.7	45
0.8	53
2.5	45
0.1	53
2.2	39
1.0	45
3.8	28
0.2	45
0.2	53
0.3	14
4.1	32
1.2	48
1.8	45
0.1	41
1.1	45
0.7	42
0.9	42
0.4	45
1.0	41
0.7	45
0.4	41
0.4	53
0.9	44
0.7	45
4.2	17
1.1	41
0.9	42
0.2	45
0.8	41
0.7	45
0.3	45
0.8	41
1.3	41
1.0	41
0.9	35
0.9	42
0.3	39
2.8	28
0.9	38
0.7	39
0.4	46
0.6	32
1.0	30
2.9	28
2.3	28
0.2	39
2.6	17
0.9	22
1.4	29
1.1	31
4.6	6
2.8	12
1.2	28
2.6	12
4.0	12
0.8	22
2.8	16
2.1	11
0.9	17
3.9	9
2.5	9
0.1	18
3.4	7
1.1	18
0.8	18
0.8	17
0.7	17
0.7	7
0.4	17
0.3	18
1.1	12
0.2	17
2.0	7
0.7	16
0.7	18
2.1	6
2.0	17
1.2	5
0.2	12
0.2	10
2.0	6
0.2	5