As it is now the coldest period of the year in Mongolia, I guess it’s a good time to answer this question. It gets very cold! Have a look at the weather forecast for this week (the middle of January):
At the moment, everyday is at least -20C. It never gets that cold in the UK! In fact, Mongolia’s capital is the coldest capital city in the world. The average yearly temperature is -1.3C, so on average it is freezing! If you leave your clothes outside to dry in the winter, they will soon become completely frozen. As it is so cold, snow and ice doesn’t really melt – snow can fall one day, and it will still be there a month later. This situation means that all of Mongolia’s pavements are very slippery. I’ve fallen over many times!
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Mongolia was -46C. These extreme temperatures mean that many animals die. This is a real problem for Mongolian farmers, as within a month all their animals could die. They then wouldn’t have anything to eat or to sell at the market. The farmers will try to protect their animals by building temporary shelters for them, but sometimes this still isn’t enough.
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Wow! Well done that was really impressive Because i'am Mongolian. i'v never seen this much information that some foreign citizen wrote about Mongolia before. iam so proud of my country and proud to be Mongolian. And thank you so much for the article ( yeah long article LOl!] about my beautiful country i really appreciate about it. I lOvE mY country and Mongolians are rock
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