According to him, in most of the European territory of Russia, as well as in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and in the east of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in December the temperature is expected to be 1-1.5 ° C above normal.

Tishchenko also noted that in the south of the Central Federal District, in the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts, the temperature in the first month of winter will be close to normal.

In turn, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, said that in December the temperature in Russia is expected to be 40% above normal, as well as uneven, "spotty" precipitation.

At the beginning of November, Villefand announced that a “pink” winter is expected in Russia, the temperature will be mostly around and above normal.

Later, Gazprom doubted such a forecast.