ULAN BATOR, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Overnight temperatures plummeted to minus 45.2 degrees Celsius in Eruu soum, an administrative subdivision of the northern Mongolian province of Selenge, from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to the country's weather monitoring agency.
This marks the coldest temperature registered in Mongolia so far this winter, the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said in a statement on Wednesday.
Since last week, cold air mass originating in Siberia, Russia, has been sweeping across large parts of Mongolia, causing temperature drops.
The cold wave is expected to continue until Saturday, the agency said, urging the public, especially nomadic herders and drivers, to take extra precautions against possible disasters.
Mongolia's harsh and cold winter lasts for quite a long time. Temperature can range between minus 25 degrees Celsius and 45 degrees Celsius. ■