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Arctic cold has swept across Russia’s Far East and Yakutia, breaking at least 17 daily cold records over the weekend.

Eight records fell Saturday.

Talon dropped to 2.7C (36.9F), beating its Aug 8 record of 3C (37.4F) from 1971.

In Amur Oblast, Chernyaevo fell to 6.2C (43.2F), breaking the 6.9C (44.4F) from 1947, while Norsk reached 3.3C (37.9F), besting its 3.9C (39F) benchmark, also from 1947.

Blagoveshchensk registered 9.8C (49.6F), beating a record that had stood since 1902 (books here back to 1881).

Arkhara fell to 6.2C (43.2F), edging out 6.3C (43.3F) from 1964.

Yekaterino-Nikolskoye reached 9.4C (48.9F), beating 10.3C (50.5F) from 1947.

In Primorsky Krai, Pogranichny dropped to 10.1C (50.2F), breaking 10.8C (51.4F) from 1992, while Sviyagino hit 9C (48.2F), below its previous 9.5C (49.1F), also from 1992.

Sunday brought another nine records.

The standout came at Verkhoyansk, where temperatures plunged to -8.2C (17.2F). That demolished the previous Aug 9 record of -3.7C (25.3F), set in 1972, by an extraordinary 4.5C (8.1F). Verkhoyansk’s daily record series stretches back to 1885.

Khabarovsk fell to 7.1C (44.8F), smashing its previous Aug 9 record of 10C (50F) from 1998 by 2.9C (5.2F).

Vladivostok dropped to 12.9C (55.2F), beating the 13.4C (56.1F) from 1964 (records extend back to 1884).

Records also fell at Lermontovka, where 8.5C (47.3F) beat 8.7C (47.7F) from 1964; Dalnerechensk, where 8.6C (47.5F) beat 9.4C (48.9F) from 1964; and Timiryazevsky, where 8.4C (47.1F) bested 10.4C (50.7F) from 1992.

Yekaterino-Nikolskoye, Pogranichny and Sviyagino all broke daily cold records for a second consecutive morning.

Local reports described the outbreak as severe for the dog days of summer, with snow and freezing rain reported around Magadan, while early frosts in Amur Oblast reportedly damaged crops.

The records are particularly notable for the depth of the station histories, all of which are long. Blagoveshchensk’s daily series reaches back to 1881, Verkhoyansk to 1885, Vladivostok to 1884, Pogranichny to 1902 and Timiryazevsky to 1911.

The cold continued into Monday.

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