Russians predicted a warm and humid winter

The coming winter will be warmer than the climatic norm almost throughout Russia. In most major cities, the average temperature of the season will exceed the long-term indicators by 1-2.5 degrees, follows from the forecast of Yandex Weather, prepared with the help of AI technology Meteum.

The strongest deviation is expected in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: the average winter temperature can be more than 5 degrees above normal. In Kazan, Ufa, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm and Krasnoyarsk, the excess will be at least 2 degrees.

In Yakutsk and Blagoveshchensk, the temperature will remain close to long-term values. Khabarovsk may become the only major regional center where winter will be slightly colder than normal. In almost all major cities, the coldest month will be January, and in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - February.

The warmest major city will be Krasnodar, where the average temperature for three winter months will remain positive. Meteorological winter - a period of stable negative average daily temperatures - may not occur there. The coldest major regional center will be Yakutsk, especially severe frosts are expected in January and February.

The amount of precipitation will exceed the norm in all cities with a million inhabitants of the European part of Russia, as well as in the largest regional centers of Siberia and the Far East. In Vladivostok can fall twice as much precipitation than usual, in Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk and Irkutsk — almost one and a half times more. In St. Petersburg and Perm, the excess will be insignificant.

The leader in the total amount of precipitation can become Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where for the winter is expected about 370 mm. In the European part of the country, the most precipitation among major cities will fall in Krasnodar. The least - in Yakutsk: no more than 30 mm per season, which is slightly higher than normal.

Expectations of a snowy winter were previously announced in Kazan. The head of the city Department of civil protection Sergey Chankin on November 9 said that the season 2026/2027 may be one of the snowiest in recent years. According to preliminary data of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, which he cited, in January, precipitation will fall by 30% more than normal, in February – by 50%. Sustained snow cover is expected towards the end of December.

Leading specialist of the weather center “Phobos” Evgeny Tishkovets on November 8 predicted the late arrival of winter in the Moscow region. According to him, autumn weather will remain in the second decade of November, and stable snow cover will be formed only in December.