Based on the observational and reanalysis data during 1979—2020, this study investigated the basic features of the month-to-month reversal of air temperature anomalies in Northeast Asia in early summer (May to June) on the interannual timescales, as well as the effects of soil moisture anomalies in eastern Europe and the possible physical processes. The results show that the predominant mode of the intermonthly variation of air temperature anomalies in Northeast Asia in early summer is the reversal mode, that is warmer (colder) in May and colder (warmer) in June; and its formation is directly derived from the reversal of circulation anomalies over Northeast Asia. Further analysis indicates that the lower soil moisture in eastern Europe in May tends to lead to a warmer May and colder June in Northeast Asia. With the possible physical processes as following: lower soil moisture in May leads to local soil temperature and lower troposphere warming, which in turn causes a weakening (enhancement) of the lower tropospheric meridional temperature gradient and baroclinicity in the Mediterranean region (northern Europe). Correspondingly, high-frequency transient wave activity weakens (enhances) and facilitates the formation of an anomalous high over central and eastern Europe and hence Rossby wave source via transient vorticity forcing. The associated Rossby wave travels eastward along the polar front jet, resulting in a barotropic anomalous high over Northeast Asia and resultant surface warming. The soil moisture anomalies can persist until June but weaken in intensity. Similarly, it favors the formation of an anomalous high and Rossby wave source, but their center shifts westward to western Europe. The related Rossby wave activity leads to a barotropic anomalous low and hence cooling over Northeast Asia. There are obvious differences in the activity characteristics of Rossby waves (wave source, activity centers, and propagation pathway) associated with the soil moisture anomalies in eastern Europe in May and June, which are closely related to the difference in atmospheric climatology over northern Eurasia. When the soil moisture in eastern Europe is high in May, the above physical processes are roughly reversed.