Snow hits Kyrgyz resort in mid August

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Holidaymakers on Issyk-Kul woke up on Saturday morning to find that snow blanketed the resort in the middle of August.

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"The 12th of August. No one is going to believe it. Lake Issyk Kul, it's like winter has come," one of the witnesses filmed the snow-covered resort on his cell phone.

In his words, temperature at the resort is +15, +16°C.

Lake Issyk-Kul is the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan situated in northeastern part of the country. Every year thousands of holidaymakers hit the beaches of the lake.