Siberia is known to be one of the coldest places on the planet, but exactly how cold and snowy it gets each year has big ramifications elsewhere on the globe. In North America, a more snow-covered Russia means that colder air will have an easier time harvesting in Siberia and departing for our continent's heartland. Early in the calendar year, the air coming from Siberia can be cold enough to bring snow to even more southern reaches of the United States if the pattern sets up correctly. Snow is covering the ground across most of Russia, including all of Siberia - likely the greatest extent of snow cover since 1998. Below is the current snow cover in northern Asia as of Oct.31. Some locations, including Sakha in east-central Russia, are seeing their snowiest winter record, with most of the snow season yet to come. Nearly 10 feet of snow fell in some places in Siberia in just three days, according to the Government of Sakha. Snow cover in Russia can vary quit a bit from year to year and tends to oscillate over longer periods. You can notice here on snow cover maps dating back to 1998 from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information that there has been a general increase in snow cover each year since 2013. And the cold air travels around the world in different directions and thats probably why its cold in Berlin but colder in Siberia is because it gets colder each year.
Siberia is known to be one of the coldest places on the planet, but exactly how cold and snowy it gets each year has big ramifications elsewhere on the globe.
In North America, a more snow-covered Russia means that colder air will have an easier time harvesting in Siberia and departing for our continent's heartland. Early in the calendar year, the air coming from Siberia can be cold enough to bring snow to even more southern reaches of the United States if the pattern sets up correctly.
