Moscow beats temperature record of late 19th century
MOSCOW. May 18 (Interfax) - Outdoor temperatures climbed to 29.2 degrees Celsius in the area of Moscow's main weather station at the all-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNKh) on Tuesday noon, setting the absolute record for May 18, the city weather bureau told Interfax.
"Today, Moscow has beaten the May 18 temperature record set in 1897 and 1898, which stood at 29.1 degrees," a bureau representative said.
In his words, temperatures are still climbing in Moscow, and the new absolute temperature record in over 140 years of weather monitoring will become known at the end of the day.
The abnormal heat seen in Moscow on May 17 and 18 has exceeded the average climate norm by 8-9 degrees.
According to the Russian Hydro-Meteorological Center, outdoor temperatures exceeded 31 degrees Celsius in Moscow and some districts of the Moscow region at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Temperature soared to 31.3 degrees Celsius near the Balchug Hotel in the Moscow center, and reached 31 degrees in Cherusti and 31.1 degrees in Pavlovsky Posad.
The main city weather station at VDNKh, which provides information for weather record chronicles, reported a temperature of 30.7 degrees Celsius at 3 p.m.
A weather forecast for Moscow said the city would see hot weather, with temperatures reaching 30-32 degrees Celsius, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The city has been given "orange" weather alerts for two consecutive days due to this factor.
The day before, Moscow beat the May 17 weather record of 1958, as the weather station at VDNKh recorded a temperature of 30.6 degrees Celsius.
The weather will start changing in Moscow on Wednesday: outdoor temperatures will not exceed 25-27 degrees, it will be cloudy and brief periods of rain and thunderstorms are possible in certain areas. Wind gusts might reach 17 meters per second.