Summer snow in West Mongolia
Image credit: NASA Terra/MODIS. Acquired June 28, 2019
Unexpected summer snowfall was reported in the southwestern mountainous parts of Bayan Ulgi province, Mongolia on June 28, 2019.
According to Jagsalag Khulibek, expert at Bayan-Ulgii Province's meteorological bureau, the completely surprising snowfall had precipitation of 2 – 3 mm (up to 0.09 inches).
It was brought to the country by a powerful cyclone from Siberia.
Bayan Ulgi province is to the west of Mongolia. It has borders with Russia and China.
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