Overnight temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Celsius in western Mongolia

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Overnight temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Celsius in western Mongolia

STORY: Overnight temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Celsius in western Mongolia SHOOTING TIME: recent footage DATELINE: Dec. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: WEATHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of strong cold waves in Mongolia STORYLINE: Overnight temperatures plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius in Zuungovi soum, an administrative subdivision of the western Mongolian province of Uvs, from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to the country's weather monitoring agency. The figure marked the coldest temperature in Mongolia this winter, the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said in a statement on Wednesday. Since the beginning of last week, a strong cold front that originated in Siberia, Russia, has been sweeping across extensive areas of Mongolia, causing temperature drops and bringing strong winds and blizzards. The cold wave is expected to continue until Friday. According to the weather agency, on Dec. 26, 1966, overnight temperatures dropped to mi

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