Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist of the Phobos Weather Center, said that the climate in Russia has changed significantly over the past decades. The average temperature, the amount of precipitation and their intensity have changed, the meteorologist said in an interview with Sputnik radio.
The values conventionally accepted as the norm in each region are calculated on the basis of observations over 30 years and are periodically updated. This year, according to Leus, such an update is expected, but so far Roshydromet has not approved new characteristics.
Climate changes can be judged by the weather in Moscow in August, the expert said. The climatic norm for this month is 10 rainy days and 77 mm of precipitation at an average temperature of 16.4 degrees. Now the average temperature has increased by more than one degree, to 17.6, and precipitation falls 78 mm.
A millimeter more, but the number of days with precipitation is 15, that is, it should rain every second day, and this is a noticeable increase, the forecaster noted.
Earlier, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation estimated the speed of global warming processes in the country. According to the ministry, warming is 2.8 times faster in Russia than in the world.