Forecaster Vilfand spoke about the record-breaking warm January 1 in Moscow and St. Petersburg

TASS writes about it.

“On January 1, 1973, a record air temperature was recorded in Moscow.

It was +4.2 °C.

In 2023, temperatures will approach or even exceed this record, ”said the forecaster.

Vilfand specified that +3-5°C is predicted in Moscow on January 1, and +6°C in the Moscow Region.

In addition, according to the expert, in St. Petersburg, a record temperature of +4.5 °C was recorded on January 1, 2017.

“The likelihood that the temperature on January 1, 2023 will approach or exceed this record is very high,” he said.

Earlier, meteorologist Alexander Ilyin, in an interview with URA.RU, said that cloudy weather with temperatures up to -25 ° C awaits residents of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on New Year's Eve.