The Hydrometeorological Center warned Muscovites about the coldest “five-day period” of the 21st century

Residents of Moscow from 6 to 10 January expect the coldest “five-day period” of this century with a drop in temperature to -29°C. This was announced by the head of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand.

“A very sharp cold snap, a collapse of the cold will simply happen on January 6th. At night, frosts will be down to -20-22°C, and during the day, too, without heat – up to 18-20°C. On Christmas night, they will get even stronger – up to 27 ° C, and on January 8 – even up to -29 ° C. The temperature background during the day, including January 9, when everyone will go to work, will be around minus -20°C. This will be the coldest five-day period in the last 23 years, that is, since the beginning of the 21st century,” the head of the Hydrometeorological Center said.

As Mr. Vilfand said, the drop in temperature will be sharp. He noted that a long period of abnormally cold weather is a dangerous meteorological phenomenon. During these five days, the temperature in the capital will be 15 or more degrees below normal. According to his forecasts, the temperature increase is expected on January 10.

On the night of January 2 in Moscow, the air temperature at night rose to +6.2 ° C – this was the temperature record since 2007.

Anastasia Larina