October Was Warmer Than Normal Across Most of Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet Reports

October 2026 was an unusually warm month across most of Uzbekistan, with average temperatures exceeding the seasonal norm by between one and 2.2 degrees Celsius, the national weather service Uzhydromet has reported. Only the north, the desert zone, and parts of Jizzakh and Qashqadaryo regions came in close to normal, recording monthly averages of 12 to 17 degrees. The south of the country averaged 18 to 21 degrees.

Temperatures stayed above normal for most of the month, dipping briefly below the norm only in the middle of the first and third ten-day periods. Daytime highs were predominantly in the range of 23 to 28 degrees, but on the warmest days the thermometer climbed to 30–32 degrees across much of the country and reached 34–36 degrees in the south. When cooler air moved in, daytime readings fell back to 15–20 degrees.

Night-time lows were relatively mild in the south, where the coldest nights brought temperatures down to 7–11 degrees above zero. Elsewhere, the coldest nights saw readings of 1–6 degrees. In the north and the desert zone, the third ten-day period brought the first autumn frosts, with air temperatures falling to minus 1 to minus 3 degrees; in some districts of Karakalpakstan the mercury dropped to minus 4 to minus 6 degrees.

A dry month with one record-breaking exception

Despite the warmth, October was not a wet month. Rainfall was less frequent than the October average, falling only during isolated days in the first five days of the month, on 11–12 October, and at the very end of the month. Most rain was light to moderate, with daily totals ranging from a trace to 12 millimetres.

The heaviest rainfall of the month fell on 1–2 October in the mountains of Tashkent, Qashqadaryo and Namangan regions, and on 5 October in the mountain districts of Fergana region, where 24-hour totals reached 15 to 39 millimetres.

Khorezm region stood out sharply from the national picture. On 11 October the region received 16 to 26 millimetres of rain in a single day, breaking the all-time record for daily October precipitation in the region since meteorological records began. For the month as a whole, Khorezm’s total rainfall made October 2026 the wettest October ever recorded there.

Across most of the country, monthly precipitation totals ranged from 11 to 45 millimetres. Mountain districts of Tashkent region received considerably more, with some stations recording 49 to 97 millimetres over the course of the month.