“On August 9, at 09:00 the pressure dropped to 732.2 mm and updated the record on August 9, 1941, when the pressure was 736.1 mm,” TASS quoted Marina Makarova, the chief specialist of the Hydrometeorological Center.

The norm of atmospheric pressure for the Russian capital is 748 mm Hg.

Previously, weather forecasters said that by the beginning of next week in Moscow they predict warming.