He said that "the heat record was set on the night of January 25 in Moscow."
According to him, "this is surprising, because usually the records are set at night and day."
“During the day, naturally, the maximum temperatures are negative at night.
The temperature was +3.8 ° C last night - on Monday.
And this is the highest temperature, because before that there was a temperature of +3.6 ° C for 143 years of observations, "RIA Novosti Vilfand quotes.
The forecaster said that in St. Petersburg a record of +4.5 ° C was set against the previous record of +4 ° C, in Novgorod - +3.4 ° C with the previous record of +3.3 ° C in 1991.
Earlier, rescuers warned motorists about possible danger on the roads due to bad weather in the Leningrad region. As reported by "Nevskie Novosti", on January 26, ice in the region is expected in some places, on January 27, a weak blizzard and sticking of wet snow are also possible.