Residents Share -39°C Thermometer Readings in Samara
A reader asks how residents in the Kinel-Cherkassky District are holding up in the cold.
A Siberian anticyclone has brought frosts to the region. Severe cold is expected to last for several more days. We asked readers to share the record lows shown on their thermometers. See where it«s coldest.
A reader inquires if anyone is still alive in the Shentalinsky District amid the freeze.
Among our social media followers, a real roll call has started in the comments:
A photo from the Khvorostyansky District shows the wintry conditions.
— Usmanka, Bor District: -32°C (-26°F).
A reader captioned a photo from Kinel-Cherkassy, reporting a morning temperature of -31°C (-24°F).
— Bor District: -30°C (-22°F).
An image from Neftegorsk illustrates the ongoing deep freeze in the region.
— Mekhzavod: -25°C (-13°F).
A reader provides temperature readings from the Neftegorsky District, highlighting the contrast between indoors and outdoors.
— Volgar: -26°C (-15°F).
— Zubchaninovka beyond the line: -31°C (-24°F).
— Rozhdestveno: at 9 a.m. it was -28°C (-18°F).
— Kinel-Cherkassky District: it was -40°C (-40°F) at dawn.
— Kinelsky District: it was -35°C (-31°F) at eight in the morning.
— Settlement named after Klara Zetkin, Bor District: at night it was -34°C (-29°F), and when the sun started rising, -35°C (-31°F).
— And in Glushitse in the morning: -34°C (-29°F).
— «It would be something to freeze from. Winter should be winter. Before, frosts were stronger, and blizzards would sweep. And now -25°C (-13°F) – already whining about being cold. Little snow, that»s what«s bad.»
— «We moved the potatoes in from the balcony.»
— «Frost is good, and snow is good. But the Samara communal system – that»s not good, pipe wear is huge, and if it hasn«t burst anywhere yet (badly), it»s a happy accident, and not at all a pattern. By the way, people who sit without heat are not at all happy with the frosts.«
— «Didn»t freeze, only spent a pile of firewood, being at the country house.«
By the end of this week, the region is expected to warm up. Along with the temperature increase, snowfalls will arrive.
