This Saturday (31), thermometers in the Russian capital showed 21 degrees below zero
The night temperature in Klin, in the Moscow region, reached 30 degrees below zero last night, while a cold wave also set in in the Russian capital with temperatures of minus 20 degrees or more. This Saturday (31), the thermometers in the Russian capital showed 21 degrees below zero which are perceived, according to electronic devices, as a thermal sensation of minus 29 degrees.
On Thursday (29) the snow layer in Moscow reached 62 centimetersafter three days of intense snowfall across the center of the European part of Russia. A blanket of snow has completely covered the city of 13 million people for the second time this winter, as street cleaners and snow plows work hard to clear the streets.
Historic blizzard
In 1956, on these same dates, the capital’s thermometers fell to 35 degrees below zero, recalled meteorologists, who admit that in subsequent decades there was an increase in winter temperatures, except in 1978.
In the 21st century, the coldest winter in Moscow was recorded in 2005, when temperatures fluctuated during nights between 25 and 30 degrees below zero. The current cold wave settled in the Russian capital after days of intense snowfall that left layers of snow of more than 60 centimeters in the city.
*With EFE
