Temperatures hit record high in snowless Moscow
Pastor Dale Morgan
Temperatures hit record high in snowless Moscow*
Reuters
Friday, December 1, 2006; 12:22 PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's capital, renowned for its trademark frosty
winters, started the calendar winter with the warmest day recorded in
December, the state weather monitoring unit said on Friday.
Russia started to record temperatures in 1879. December 1 this year is
likely to beat the previous record set on December 4, 1953, a
Rosgidromet spokeswoman said.
"In 1953 the temperature was plus 4.2 degrees Celcius (39.6 Fahrenheit),
and tonight it will be plus 4.5 degrees (40.1 Fahrenheit)," she said.
"We can call it a new record."
The average temperature for December in Moscow is around minus 4 degrees
Celcius. The spokeswoman said cyclones in the north Atlantic have
created unusually warm weather in central Russia.