Overview
- Lithuania logged morning lows on February 2 of −34.3°C in Šeduva, −34.0°C in Ukmergė and −33.9°C in Joniškis, a record for that date and the coldest in roughly 30 years.
- The Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service notes these readings remain well above the national absolute record of −42.9°C set in Utena on February 1, 1956.
- Because of the severe frost, some Lithuanian schools switched to distance learning on Monday and Tuesday.
- Latvia recorded −32°C at the Daugavpils station on January 31, the country’s strongest frost since February 2012, according to the national meteorological center.
- In Ukraine, forecasters say the peak cold has passed, with daytime readings near freezing expected from February 5, followed by a shorter, milder cold wave around February 9–12 that could deliver night lows near −18°C and daytime lows around −9°C before moderating.