Published 10.11.2022 October 2022 in most of the territory of Kazakhstan began with a wave of cold, and at the beginning of the third decade it surprised with a wave of heat, ended with a record amount of precipitation.
At the beginning of the month, the invasion of the ultrapolar Asian anticyclone from the regions of Novaya Zemlya was noted on the territory of the republic. As a result of the penetration of cold air masses at night, the air temperature dropped to -8-12 °C in the northern, central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan. Temperature records were recorded at the following meteorological stations (MS): on October 1, at MS Kokshetau, the thermometer columns dropped to -9.2 ° C at night, thereby breaking the record of 1981, when the air temperature at night was recorded at -4.0 ° C, at MS Aktogay (Karaganda region), the absolute minimum at night was -12.2 °C, the record of 2019 has been updated (-7.1°C), at MS Ridder (East Kazakhstan region) the minimum air temperature reached -9.0 °C, the last time the lowest air temperature was recorded in 1986 (-8.7 °C), On October 3, it was -8.0°C at MS Ruzaevka (North Kazakhstan region), the record of 1976 was updated (-4.0 °C).
At the beginning of the third decade, on October 21-22, temperature records were also observed, but daytime highs were already blocked, which was due to the removal of warm air masses from the east of the Mediterranean Sea. For example, on October 21, the maximum air temperature of +23.6 °C was recorded at the Ayakkum MS (Aktobe region), the record of 1974 was broken (+22.0 °C), the absolute maximum was +24.8 °C at the Shirik-Rabat MS (Kyzylorda region), thus the record of 1973 was updated (+24.0On October 22, the highest air temperature reached +28.7 °C at Shymkent MS, surpassing the record of 1962 (+27.2 °C), at Taraz MS it was +30 °C at all, thus the record of 1973 (+26.0 °C) was blocked.
In the first and second decades of October, precipitation fell less than normal in most of the country, but in the third decade there was a record amount of precipitation 1.5 - 2 monthly norm, which was due to the passage of a series of cyclones and the aggravation of atmospheric fronts on the territory of the republic. Heavy rains were observed: on October 26, 20 mm fell on MS Arys (Turkestan region), with a monthly norm of 17 mm, on MS Kazygurt - 34 mm, with a norm of 24 mm, on MS Kozhakhmetov 40 mm of precipitation fell with a monthly norm of 24 mm, on MS Uyuk (Zhambyl region) - 23.5 mm with a norm of 13 mm for the month, on October 27, 36 mm of precipitation fell on Fort Shevchenko MS (Mangystau region), the norm is 10 mm, on October 28, on Kyzan MS - 20 mm - the norm is 11 mm, on Aktau MS - 15 mm fell, with a norm of 13 mm for the month.
In Astana, the lowest air temperature of -6.3° was recorded on October 29, the highest air temperature of +22.1 °C was recorded on October 7. The average monthly air temperature in October was +6.1°C, with a monthly norm of +5.0 °C. The deviation from the norm was +1.1 °. The norm of the amount of precipitation in October: 26 mm, precipitation fell 17 mm. This amount is 64% of the norm.