"In Moscow, by 09:00, the barometer readings dropped to 721.4 mm Hg, which is 0.4 mm Hg lower than the absolute record of this day (November 20) set in 2008," RIA Novosti quoted a statement.

Tishkovets noted that the absolute record of low atmospheric pressure in the capital in November was set on November 25, 1973, when the barometer readings showed 709 mm Hg.

Earlier, a cardiologist at the Central Clinical Hospital "Russian Railways-Medicine", Candidate of Medical Sciences Marina Orlova, in an interview with "Vechernyaya Moskva", told what rules should be observed for hypotensive patients in order to cope with poor health due to pressure surges.