Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022

Name: Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022
Start: 2022-12-02
End: 2022-12-12
Location: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan

Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022: 130 records at 44 stations, peak on 5 December 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022 set or tied 130 station records at 44 stations.
It ran from 2 December 2022 to 12 December 2022 (11 days) and its peak day was 5 December 2022.
Status: closed.
Tamdy set a daily record low maximum temperature of -7.7 C (18.1 F) on 9 December 2022.
The busiest day was 5 December 2022 with 29 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 80 years.

Footprint

2 to 12 December 2022

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022 is outlined, with 12 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Tamdy	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	2022-12-09
Cimbaj	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	2022-12-05
Balhash	Record low maximum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	2022-12-10
Zhangiztobe	Record low maximum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	2022-12-06
Cemal	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	2022-12-07
Atbasar	Record low maximum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	2022-12-08
Kzylzar	Record low minimum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	2022-12-05
Barshatas	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	2022-12-05
Zhezkazgan	Record low maximum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	2022-12-08
Ekezhe	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2022-12-05
Gazandzhyk	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	2022-12-05
Semijarka	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	2022-12-07

Records per Day

Peak day 29

Records set or tied each day from 2 December 2022 to 12 December 2022. The most in one day was 29 on 5 December 2022.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022
Date	Records
2022-12-02	1
2022-12-04	4
2022-12-05	29
2022-12-06	22
2022-12-07	7
2022-12-08	20
2022-12-09	23
2022-12-10	15
2022-12-11	8
2022-12-12	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022 ranked by margin
Zhangiztobe, 12-06	5.3 C (9.5 F)
Cemal, 12-07	4.3 C (7.7 F)
Gazandzhyk, 12-05	4.3 C (7.7 F)
Ekezhe, 12-05	4.0 C (7.2 F)
Balhash, 12-10	3.4 C (6.1 F)
Barshatas, 12-05	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Semijarka, 12-07	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Kzylzar, 12-05	2.6 C (4.7 F)
Cemal, 12-08	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Cemal, 12-09	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Cimbaj, 12-05	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Balhash, 12-05	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Zhezkazgan, 12-08	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Balhash, 12-11	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Cimbaj, 12-08	0.9 C (1.6 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

130 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 Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.4	80
3.4	63
0.9	75
2.0	68
5.3	52
0.7	63
0.9	68
4.3	52
1.1	63
0.5	68
2.6	52
1.3	53
0.8	63
3.0	48
1.5	48
2.7	47
2.4	48
2.3	48
4.0	37
4.3	28
4.0	40
2.1	47
2.0	48
1.8	47
1.8	47
1.4	48
5.4	28
1.0	47
0.1	47
1.0	48
2.0	45
1.1	37
2.2	40
1.4	37
0.5	48
6.2	13
1.3	37
0.5	48
2.0	37
1.9	36
2.4	37
1.3	37
1.9	37
0.8	40
5.5	11
1.5	37
0.2	45
0.8	37
0.8	31
3.0	20
3.4	19
3.2	25
3.7	20
0.4	40
4.3	12
2.4	24
2.5	20
1.4	27
3.1	20
1.2	28
1.8	28
1.6	27
0.7	28
1.6	21
0.7	24
4.1	8
1.3	20
1.6	25
1.1	29
0.2	28
1.2	20
5.7	1
1.7	20
0.4	28
0.7	20
3.4	12
2.8	8
0.4	20
1.0	20
2.4	11
0.3	16
3.0	1
2.0	12
0.3	20
0.1	20
2.3	5
2.0	8
3.8	5
2.7	1
0.4	20
0.7	20
1.4	8
0.2	20
1.6	8
0.4	16
2.4	1
2.1	1
2.4	8
1.7	1
2.6	1
2.0	1
2.9	1
1.6	1
1.6	1
1.8	1
1.6	1
1.3	1
0.2	11
0.4	1
1.4	4
0.1	4
1.0	1
1.2	1
0.7	1
1.4	1
0.1	1
0.3	1
0.6	1
0.5	1
0.4	1
1.2	1
0.9	1
0.5	1
0.1	1
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.5	1
0.6	1
0.6	1
0.2	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022 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 Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022 (this event)	130 records

Every Record Set

20 of 130

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Uzbekistan and 4 other countries, 2 to 12 December 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-12-05	Cimbaj	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	68	31 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-05	Kzylzar	Record low minimum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	52	26 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-05	Barshatas	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	48	25 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-05	Balhash	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	48	24 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-05	Ekezhe	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	37	24 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-05	Gazandzhyk	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	28	24 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-06	Zhangiztobe	Record low maximum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	52	30 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-07	Cemal	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	52	28 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-07	Zhangiztobe	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68	27 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-07	Semijarka	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	47	24 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-08	Cimbaj	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	75	31 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-08	Atbasar	Record low maximum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	63	28 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-08	Zhangiztobe	Record low maximum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	68	28 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-08	Zhezkazgan	Record low maximum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	53	25 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-08	Cemal	Record low maximum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	48	24 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-09	Tamdy	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	80	33 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-09	Cemal	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	48	24 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-10	Balhash	Record low maximum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	63	31 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-11	Balhash	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63	27 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-11	Barshatas	Record low maximum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	63	25 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 130 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
0.4	80
3.4	63
0.9	75
2.0	68
5.3	52
0.7	63
0.9	68
4.3	52
1.1	63
0.5	68
2.6	52
1.3	53
0.8	63
3.0	48
1.5	48
2.7	47
2.4	48
2.3	48
4.0	37
4.3	28
4.0	40
2.1	47
2.0	48
1.8	47
1.8	47
1.4	48
5.4	28
1.0	47
0.1	47
1.0	48
2.0	45
1.1	37
2.2	40
1.4	37
0.5	48
6.2	13
1.3	37
0.5	48
2.0	37
1.9	36
2.4	37
1.3	37
1.9	37
0.8	40
5.5	11
1.5	37
0.2	45
0.8	37
0.8	31
3.0	20
3.4	19
3.2	25
3.7	20
0.4	40
4.3	12
2.4	24
2.5	20
1.4	27
3.1	20
1.2	28
1.8	28
1.6	27
0.7	28
1.6	21
0.7	24
4.1	8
1.3	20
1.6	25
1.1	29
0.2	28
1.2	20
5.7	1
1.7	20
0.4	28
0.7	20
3.4	12
2.8	8
0.4	20
1.0	20
2.4	11
0.3	16
3.0	1
2.0	12
0.3	20
0.1	20
2.3	5
2.0	8
3.8	5
2.7	1
0.4	20
0.7	20
1.4	8
0.2	20
1.6	8
0.4	16
2.4	1
2.1	1
2.4	8
1.7	1
2.6	1
2.0	1
2.9	1
1.6	1
1.6	1
1.8	1
1.6	1
1.3	1
0.2	11
0.4	1
1.4	4
0.1	4
1.0	1
1.2	1
0.7	1
1.4	1
0.1	1
0.3	1
0.6	1
0.5	1
0.4	1
1.2	1
0.9	1
0.5	1
0.1	1
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.5	1
0.6	1
0.6	1
0.2	1

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.4	80
3.4	63
0.9	75
2.0	68
5.3	52
0.7	63
0.9	68
4.3	52
1.1	63
0.5	68
2.6	52
1.3	53
0.8	63
3.0	48
1.5	48
2.7	47
2.4	48
2.3	48
4.0	37
4.3	28
4.0	40
2.1	47
2.0	48
1.8	47
1.8	47
1.4	48
5.4	28
1.0	47
0.1	47
1.0	48
2.0	45
1.1	37
2.2	40
1.4	37
0.5	48
6.2	13
1.3	37
0.5	48
2.0	37
1.9	36
2.4	37
1.3	37
1.9	37
0.8	40
5.5	11
1.5	37
0.2	45
0.8	37
0.8	31
3.0	20
3.4	19
3.2	25
3.7	20
0.4	40
4.3	12
2.4	24
2.5	20
1.4	27
3.1	20
1.2	28
1.8	28
1.6	27
0.7	28
1.6	21
0.7	24
4.1	8
1.3	20
1.6	25
1.1	29
0.2	28
1.2	20
5.7	1
1.7	20
0.4	28
0.7	20
3.4	12
2.8	8
0.4	20
1.0	20
2.4	11
0.3	16
3.0	1
2.0	12
0.3	20
0.1	20
2.3	5
2.0	8
3.8	5
2.7	1
0.4	20
0.7	20
1.4	8
0.2	20
1.6	8
0.4	16
2.4	1
2.1	1
2.4	8
1.7	1
2.6	1
2.0	1
2.9	1
1.6	1
1.6	1
1.8	1
1.6	1
1.3	1
0.2	11
0.4	1
1.4	4
0.1	4
1.0	1
1.2	1
0.7	1
1.4	1
0.1	1
0.3	1
0.6	1
0.5	1
0.4	1
1.2	1
0.9	1
0.5	1
0.1	1
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.5	1
0.6	1
0.6	1
0.2	1

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.4	80
3.4	63
0.9	75
2.0	68
5.3	52
0.7	63
0.9	68
4.3	52
1.1	63
0.5	68
2.6	52
1.3	53
0.8	63
3.0	48
1.5	48
2.7	47
2.4	48
2.3	48
4.0	37
4.3	28
4.0	40
2.1	47
2.0	48
1.8	47
1.8	47
1.4	48
5.4	28
1.0	47
0.1	47
1.0	48
2.0	45
1.1	37
2.2	40
1.4	37
0.5	48
6.2	13
1.3	37
0.5	48
2.0	37
1.9	36
2.4	37
1.3	37
1.9	37
0.8	40
5.5	11
1.5	37
0.2	45
0.8	37
0.8	31
3.0	20
3.4	19
3.2	25
3.7	20
0.4	40
4.3	12
2.4	24
2.5	20
1.4	27
3.1	20
1.2	28
1.8	28
1.6	27
0.7	28
1.6	21
0.7	24
4.1	8
1.3	20
1.6	25
1.1	29
0.2	28
1.2	20
5.7	1
1.7	20
0.4	28
0.7	20
3.4	12
2.8	8
0.4	20
1.0	20
2.4	11
0.3	16
3.0	1
2.0	12
0.3	20
0.1	20
2.3	5
2.0	8
3.8	5
2.7	1
0.4	20
0.7	20
1.4	8
0.2	20
1.6	8
0.4	16
2.4	1
2.1	1
2.4	8
1.7	1
2.6	1
2.0	1
2.9	1
1.6	1
1.6	1
1.8	1
1.6	1
1.3	1
0.2	11
0.4	1
1.4	4
0.1	4
1.0	1
1.2	1
0.7	1
1.4	1
0.1	1
0.3	1
0.6	1
0.5	1
0.4	1
1.2	1
0.9	1
0.5	1
0.1	1
0.9	1
1.0	1
0.5	1
0.6	1
0.6	1
0.2	1