The six months in Russia became the warmest in the history of meteorological observations

“It turned out that the average temperature in Russia for six months of 2020 is the highest for 130 years of meteorological annals, for the entire period of instrumental observations since 1891,” Wilfand quoted Interfax as saying.

He noted that the values ​​of the extremely warm winter months made a significant contribution to the record. In January, the temperature in Russia was on average 10-11 degrees higher than normal.

Villefand previously said that Russia recorded more than 240 weather records for six months.