Is minus 40 degrees Celsius considered extremely cold weather?

It is extremely cold. "Extreme cold" is a concept of extreme temperatures. According to the "Shanxi Evening News" report, there is a "cold degree scale" in the meteorological profession, which divides cold into eight levels:

Level one is extremely cold, with temperatures below -40°C;

Level 2 is "severe cold", -30℃ to -39.9℃;

Level 3 is "severe cold", -20℃ to -29.9℃;

Level 4 Level five is "severe cold", ranging from -10°C to -19.9°C; level five is "slight cold", ranging from -5°C to -9.9°C;

Level six is ​​"light cold", 0℃ to -4.9℃;

Level 7 is "slightly cold", 0℃ to 4.9℃;

Level 8 is "cool", 5℃ to 9.9℃.

It can be seen from this that extreme cold is the coldest level in the "cold degree scale".

Extended information

Continued severe cold weather will have a great impact on people's daily life, work and agricultural and animal husbandry production. Meteorological experts reminded in an interview with the Beijing Evening News that outdoor workers and ice and snow tourists should pay attention to wearing more clothes to avoid infection with influenza viruses, and pay attention to preventing the occurrence of respiratory and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

The severe cold causes freezing phenomena to occur everywhere outdoors. The public should strengthen their anti-freeze and anti-slip awareness. Animal husbandry and facility agriculture must strengthen cold protection and heat preservation, and farmers must provide heating measures for livestock pens and poultry houses to avoid property losses.

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