Extreme cold closes second-shift schools in Yugra
Authorities in Yugra have cancelled classes for second-shift students on January 23 as temperatures plummeted to between -27 and -39 degrees Celsius (-17 to -38°F).
Feb 3, 2026 0
An image showing the severe winter conditions in Yugra that necessitated school cancellations for thousands of students.
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In Yugra, on January 23, a weather-related school closure day has been announced for second-shift schoolchildren. Thus, due to low air temperature, classes are cancelled for students:
- Surgut – grades 1–8;
- Nizhnevartovsk – grades 1–8;
- Kogalym – grades 1–11;
- Nyagan – grades 1–8;
- Nefteyugansk – grades 1–8;
- Langepas – grades 1–8;
- Beloyarsky – grades 1–4;
- Raduzhny – grades 1–8;
- Megion – grades 1–8;
- Pokachi – grades 1–11;
- Pyt-Yakh – grades 1–8;
- Khanty-Mansiysk – grades 1–8;
- Uray – grades 1–11;
- Yugorsk – grades 1–11;
- Sovetsky – grades 1–11;
- Lyantor – grades 1–8.
Also, weather closures have been announced in settlements of the Beloyarsky, Berezovsky, Kondinsky, Nefteyugansky, Nizhnevartovsky, Oktyabrsky, Sovetsky, Surgutsky, Khanty-Mansiysky, and Oktyabrsky districts of Yugra.
At the time of the announcement, air temperature in cities and settlements was at -27 to -39 degrees Celsius (-17 to -38°F). This was reported by the website «Gosuslugi. My Yugra».
Earlier we reported that Surgut residents were outraged by the lack of weather closures for high school students during severe frost.
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