Muscovites predicted for the New Year snow less than the climatic norm
Snow cover in Moscow by December 31 is very likely, but its height may be below the climatic norm.
Snow cover in Moscow by December 31 is very likely, but its height may be below the climatic norm. This was announced by the head of the department of meteorology and climate of the Central Directorate for hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring Nikolai Tereshonok, reports TASS.
According to the expert, over the past 90 years of observations, the New Year in the capital was completely snowless only once - in 2017. At the same time, in 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2024, the height of the snow cover was only 2-6 cm with a norm of about 16 cm.
The average monthly temperature can range from minus 4 to zero degrees. Tereshonok said that in some years the height of snow for the holiday was four to eight times less than normal. According to him, the December weather will be heterogeneous due to possible thaws, so the stability of the snow cover may change.
On the previous New Year's Eve, the temperature at the main weather station in Moscow dropped to minus 9.2 degrees. In the village of Cherusti in the east of the Moscow region recorded minus 15.6 degrees.
Earlier, Tereshonok said that in Moscow in December, the average monthly temperature will be about the climatic norm, but it may be higher than these indicators by 1-4 degrees.
