In St. Petersburg, a temperature record was broken for January 16

This was reported in the North-West Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring.

“The heat wave that covered the city in the middle of the calendar winter warmed the air to +8.1 ° С. Thus, the historical maximum for this day was closed (+5.4 ° С, 1975), ”the message says.

It is clarified that "the final value of the maximum air temperature will be known after 21:00 Moscow time."

Earlier, URA.RU reported that abnormal heat and rain would come to the Chelyabinsk region.