February is expected to be warmer than usual in most regions of the European part of Russia. This was stated by Lyudmila Parshina, head of the laboratory of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, in an interview with the “Russian newspaper”.
According to her, in the Moscow region, the night air temperature in February is usually minus 5-10, and in the afternoon – from zero to minus 5 degrees. But this year, according to forecasters, it will be warmer. At times, there may be periods of cooling, when at night the thermometer will drop to minus 20 degrees. Approximately the same weather is expected in the Novgorod, Pskov and Leningrad regions.
Frequent thaws are predicted in the south, the temperature will be above zero. In Siberia and the Far East, except for the south of the Khabarovsk Territory and Primorye, it will be a frosty February. In the Urals, at night it is expected to minus 19 degrees, in the afternoon – up to minus 10 degrees.
Recall that in Moscow on January 19, when Orthodox Christians celebrate the Epiphany, forecasters predict a drop in temperature to minus 12 degrees, snow and ice.