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Russia just had its warmest winter temperatures, leaving Moscow snowless
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>Moscow (CNN)Moscow is usually blanketed in snow for four to five months a year. But this year, Russia's capital had barely any snow cover in the whole of February, described by local meteorologists as a "once in a century" occurrence.
>This winter in Russia was the hottest ever in the 140-year history of meteorological observations, beating the previous temperature record from the winter of 2015-2016 by 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3 degrees Fahrenheit), state-run Hydrometeorological Center of Russia reported Thursday.
>Moscow was even warmer, compared to normal, reporting a staggering 7.5 degrees Celsius (13.5 degrees Fahrenheit) above average and setting 11 all-time daily temperature records along the way.
>"These are whopping numbers," Elena Volosyuk, a meteorologist with the Fobos government-licensed weather center told CNN. "The trend continues into spring as March is starting with +7-8 degrees Celsius above average, so essentially our actual weather is ahead of the calendar by almost a month."
>In meteorology, winter runs from the first of December to the end of February.
>"What's striking is that abnormally high temperatures of +5-10 degrees Celsius, and in some places even +15-18 degrees Celsius above the norm, were recorded not only in the European part of our country but also east of the Ural mountains, including northern Siberia and Yakutia," Volosyuk said.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/europe/russia-warm-temperatures-moscow-climate-intl/index.html
Pic related is artificial snow brought to central Moscow for the New Year celebrations.
>This winter in Russia was the hottest ever in the 140-year history of meteorological observations, beating the previous temperature record from the winter of 2015-2016 by 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3 degrees Fahrenheit), state-run Hydrometeorological Center of Russia reported Thursday.
>Moscow was even warmer, compared to normal, reporting a staggering 7.5 degrees Celsius (13.5 degrees Fahrenheit) above average and setting 11 all-time daily temperature records along the way.
>"These are whopping numbers," Elena Volosyuk, a meteorologist with the Fobos government-licensed weather center told CNN. "The trend continues into spring as March is starting with +7-8 degrees Celsius above average, so essentially our actual weather is ahead of the calendar by almost a month."
>In meteorology, winter runs from the first of December to the end of February.
>"What's striking is that abnormally high temperatures of +5-10 degrees Celsius, and in some places even +15-18 degrees Celsius above the norm, were recorded not only in the European part of our country but also east of the Ural mountains, including northern Siberia and Yakutia," Volosyuk said.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/europe/russia-warm-temperatures-moscow-climate-intl/index.html
Pic related is artificial snow brought to central Moscow for the New Year celebrations.
