According to the Meteovesti portal, by 06:00 the air temperature in the capital dropped to -23.4 ° C, according to the weather station at VDNKh.

“The influence of the anticyclone on the weather of the capital region continues to increase, which leads to a further decrease in temperature.

In such a situation, last night in Moscow became the coldest since the beginning of winter, ”the statement says. 

It is clarified that at other weather stations in the capital, the minimum thermometer readings were -21.1 ... -24.8 ° C.

Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand, said that a storm warning had been issued in the Moscow, Yaroslavl, Vladimir and Ivanovo regions due to frosts down to -35 ° C.