"The air temperature reached +10.9 degrees, which is 1.9 degrees higher than the previous achievement in 1978," - wrote the leading specialist of the Phobos center Mikhail Leus on his Facebook.
He noted that this record was already recorded at 3 am.
According to him, the air temperature in St. Petersburg today will be significantly higher than normal.
Earlier it became known that in Russia because of the powerful Scandinavian cyclone from November 18-19, "meteorological swing" is expected - rain and temperature rise to 8-9 degrees are predicted.