Siberia is suffering one its coldest winters on record, with temperatures in the vast Northern Asian region having regularly dipped below -50C (-58F) since mid-December, 2020.

Much of Central and Western Asia has also been battling brutal and unusual freezes over the past few months, which in turn have lead to food and energy prices soaring to record highs.

The latest GFS 2m Temperature Anomaly run (shown below) is for Feb. 25.

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And while the mainstream attempts to draw all eyes to central Europe’s brief –yet admittedly unseasonable– burst of warmth, looking at the northern hemisphere as a whole reveals that “blues” and “purples” remain the dominating colors, not “oranges” and “reds.”

Temperature departures across northern Canada and much of Asia are holding 20C below the winter average, and beyond:

What is also revealed is the stark temperature divide between western and eastern Europe — a phenomenon fully expected and predicted during times of low solar activity as the jet streams lose their strength and “buckle” (click the below link for more).