Published 12.01.2021 Almost the entire territory of Kazakhstan, the air temperature was below the climatic norm by 1-7°,with a hotbed of cold up to 8-10° in the Aktobe and Karaganda regions, only in some areas in the north and east of the country, the air temperature was near the climatic norm.The same cold weather, with an anomaly of up to 10-12°, was observed in December 2002 and 2012.
For the entire series of meteorological observations, the coldest day in Nur-Sultan was recorded on December 12, 1929, when the thermometer dropped to -43.5°C at night. In December 2020, the lowest temperature was-27°C (December 21).
The highest air temperature in the capital was recorded on December 07, 2008 and amounted to + 4.5°C, and in 2020.it was -5.0°C(December 11), so the absolute maximum was not blocked.
The amount of precipitation in almost the entire territory of the republic was less than long-term values. About the climatic norm was observed in places in the north-east of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as in some areas of the north and north-west of the country.The distribution of precipitation was similar in December 1984 and 2011.