The 2010 Russian wildfires are a series of hundreds of wildfires that broke out across Russia, primarily in the west, from late July 2010 to present, due to record temperatures (hottest summer in Russian history) and drought in the region. The President of Russia has declared a state of emergency in seven regions for the fires, while 28 other regions were under a state of emergency due to crop failures caused by the Russian drought.
Overview
During the year 2010, Russia experienced generally dry and hot weather starting around late May – early June. Temperatures of 35 °C (95 °F) first occurred after 12 June, which alone was an abnormality for the country (average mid-June temperatures seldom rise above 30 °C (86 °F)). In the second half of June, distant Russian regions (such as Sakha Republic), located mostly in Asia, as well as areas of partial taiga, had temperatures of 38–40 °C (100–104 °F) degrees. The warm ridging pattern then slowly moved westward to the Ural Mountains, and by July settled in European Russia.
On 25 June a new temperature record was set in the Asian portion of Russia, at Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, at 42.3 °C (108.1 °F). The previous record in the Asian portion was 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) at Aksha (village) on 21 July 2004. A new record for the highest nationwide temperature in Russia was set on 11 July, at 44 °C (111 °F), in Yashkul, Kalmykia (in the European portion), beating the previous record of 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) set on 6 August 1940, also in Kalmykia.
Average temperatures in the region increased to over 35 °C (95 °F). Citizens of Moscow endured nights of 36 °C (97 °F), a record for nighttime temperatures since the year 1947. The mean high for European Russia recorded on 26 July reached 40 °C (104 °F) during the day, and 34 °C (93 °F) at night. During the month of July, a large portion of European Russia was more than 7 °C (12.6 °F) warmer than normal.
Other Information
- Location : Russia
- Date : Late July 2010 – present
- Land use : Villages, farmland, woodlands
- Buildings destroyed : 2,000
- Fatalities : Minimum 53, possibly fifteen thousand
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