Ulaanbaatar
Coldest November in last two decade observed in 2016
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On January 16, the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring of Mongolia informed that the average air temperature and precipitation level of 2016 was close to multi-year average in Mongolia.
In particular, due to heavy snowfall in the northern region of Mongolia during the first 10 days of November 2016, dzud or harsh winter disaster occurred in some regions of Mongolia and snow depth reached 10-40 cm and even 50-60 cm in some aimags, such as Uvs, Zavkhan, Bulgan, Selenge, Tuv, Khentii and Dornod.
The nighttime temperature was around -42-44C in the mountainous areas of Khangai and Khuvsgul and in regions along the Tuul and Onon Rivers on November 18-22, which was recorded as the coldest November in the last 20 years in Mongolia.
The officials underlined that there were some 69 incidence of natural disaster hit Mongolia, including strong wind, storm, torrential rain, mudflow floods, thunder and lightning in 2016. For instance, a loss of MNT 1.7 billion was occurred, being caused by temporary heavy rains took place in Ulgii soum of Bayan-Ulgii province on July 10 and in Ulaangom soum of Uvs province on August 7.
