Climate in Uzbekistan Geography and climate of Uzbekistan

Climate of Uzbekistan, winter

In winter Uzbekistan weather is hardly severe, rather warm with a few exceptions. January is the coldest winter month. Often in the morning the streets are veiled by thick fog. Snow falls is not very common, but usually it immediately turns to slush because of ensuing rain.

Continued from 26 of December to 5 of February the coldest period of winter is called winter chillya. During this cycle the cold air from the Arctic and Siberia is invading, weather fast changes, air temperature decreases. On Ustyurt, for example, frosts sometimes reach -38 ° C, in the Surkhandarya region -20 ° C. The winter in the mountains is more severe and lasts 3-4 months.