10:50 AM | ***Some snow is possible at the onset on Wednesday north of PA/MD border, but primarily a rain event…widespread cold sets up later next week…some amazing cold in China, Russia*** — Arcfield Weather

Elsewhere, the cold has been amazing in China and Russia. In fact, China recorded its lowest temperature ever on Sunday, January 22nd by bottoming out at -63.4 degrees (F) in the northernmost city of Mohe. While this city is typically quite cold, the chill over the weekend was exceptional some 35 degrees (F) or so below-normal.  This all-time China low temperature surpassed the previous one of -62.1 degrees (F) set back in 1969. This frigid air mass is now spreading southeast into the Korean Peninsula and is headed to Japan. The extreme chill in China comes on the heels of some historic cold in Siberia earlier this month.  Temperatures fell to as low as -80.9 degrees (F) on January 18th in the village of Tongulah which was the lowest recorded in Russia since 2002 and the coldest in the month of January since 1982. What’s more, residents on the eastern Siberian village of Essey are adamant that their thermometers plunged to -103 degrees (F).  If confirmed (and that is unlikely), this would actually be a worldwide low temperature record for any location outside of Antarctica. 

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield
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