Overview
- Ulaanbaatar cooled to about 0–2°C on Friday and the national forecast warns light snow around Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 with repeated strong winds (15–17 m/s) in Gobi, steppe and plain areas over the next ten days.
- A ministry-led scientific team finished field sampling in the Nömörg protected area this week and officials say laboratory analyses of plant roots and soil are required before final measures or damage estimates can be issued.
- The Anti-Corruption Agency completed investigations earlier in October and formally forwarded multiple Bayan-Ölgii local officials' cases to prosecutors on Oct. 21 with recommendations to send them to court.
- Mongolia has begun operating a four-term school calendar for 2026–2027 under Ministerial order A/211, producing an immediate schedule change of classes followed by a student break today and changes to winter and summer vacation timing.
- U.S. local ballots in ten states this election will ask voters whether to restrict data-center construction, a contest that highlights wider tensions over electricity and water use and could affect major projects and investor plans.