Weather center: Russians expect ten more days of abnormal heat

Scientific Director of the hydrometeorological Roman Vilfand said that the abnormal heat will hold on in Russia for another ten days. According to him, the prediction map of temperature anomalies has “double-red” color. For the duration of the situation is “quite extreme,” said Vilfand.

He said that by the criterion of heat this winter is still inferior to the winter of 2006-2007, when the period from 1 December to 15 January temperature was 2.8 degrees higher than now. However, in the winter after January 15, it’s cold. And this winter weather is abnormally warm for another 10 days, and in the European part of the country the temperature will exceed climatic norm by 12 degrees, and an Asian – 20.

the Winter of 2019-2020 recorded the longest heat waves in history of meteorological observations, reports RIA Novosti. In January in Moscow was beaten temperature record. This week he will again be updated.