“The forecast for December is quite simply and quickly described. If we talk about the temperature regime, in 40% of the territory Roshydromet predicts the temperature in December above normal, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Villefand specified that such a temperature is expected in the territories of the North-West Federal District, the Volga Federal District, the West of the Central District, Western Siberia, Moscow, St. Petersburg.

The weather forecaster also explained that elevated temperatures will be replaced by frosts. According to him, the temperature in Russia will change “spasmodically”.

“The distribution of precipitation is more diverse, more“ spotty ”. In the south of European territory - the Southern Federal District, the North Caucasian Federal District, the Stavropol Territory, Krasnodar Territory, Central Black Earth Regions, the Middle Volga, Lower Volga and the south of the Urals. In all of these regions, we forecast precipitation deficit, ”added Villefand.

While in Barnaul, Kemerovo, Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk, Bratsk and Irkutsk, according to the Hydrometeorological Center, there will be an excess of precipitation.

Earlier, Villefand in an interview with the NSN told which winter is better for Russia - warm or cold.