“Climatic winter will come only from mid-December. In the meantime, there is the pre-season season - the period between autumn and winter. It lasts from mid-October to December 15-20, ”the Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted him as saying.

According to weather forecasts, the temperature in the Asian territory of Russia in November will be significantly higher than normal, and the temperature regime throughout the rest of the country is expected to be within normal limits.

In January, cold weather is forecasted in the north and north-west of the country. The weather forecaster did not exclude that the temperature in February in the central part, as well as in northwestern Russia, may be below normal.

On November 1, Vilfand announced that a “pink” winter is expected in Russia, as the temperature background will be near and above normal.