Tashkent – Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service Center (Uzgidromet) has refuted circulating online forecasts predicting 'extreme heat, drought, water shortages, and dust storms' for the summer of 2026. Official meteorologists characterized these predictions as lacking scientific basis and being speculative in nature.

Uzgidromet representatives emphasized that the upcoming summer is expected to be typical for the region – hot and dry – but without any anomalies. In the scientific community and official meteorology, there are no long-term models forecasting such extreme deviations.

According to data from the Interstate Coordination Water Management Commission, the distribution of water resources in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya river basins is proceeding within multi-year averages. River water level forecasts also remain stable and align with natural cycles.

Experts note that dust storms are a common seasonal phenomenon for Central Asia, and there are no indications of their abnormal intensification in 2026. Furthermore, due to large-scale ecological projects, including the greening of the dried-up Aral Sea bed, a trend toward reduced salt and dust transfer is being observed.

Thus, the upcoming summer in Uzbekistan is anticipated to be a typical arid season characteristic of the region, without extreme anomalies. Uzgidromet urges the public to rely only on weather forecasts and warnings about dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena published on the agency's official channels.

It is recalled that the summer of 2025 entered history as one of the hottest in Uzbekistan, but this does not constitute a forecast of anomalies for the following year.

Source: podrobno.uz