The first ten-day period of February in Moscow was snow-free for the first time in history

In Moscow, for the first time in the history of meteorological observations, the first ten-day period of February was without snow. This was reported on Tuesday, February 11, by leading specialist of the information agency "Meteonovosti" Tatiana Pozdnyakova in her Telegram-channel.

According to her, the average daily air temperature at VDNKh station was -1.6 degrees, which is 5.6 degrees above the norm. Such a phenomenon in the capital is observed on average once in seven or eight years. The warmest was the first decade of February in 1990 with an average temperature of +0.7 degrees, according to the agency of city news "Moscow".

"As for the snow cover, 2025 was a completely unique year. There has not yet been a case that there was no snow in Moscow at the end of the first decade of February," the meteorologist emphasized.

She added that a total of 2.8 mm of precipitation fell in the capital - 6% of the norm, writes "Moscow 24". In the current century, this is the fourth case of such a deficit. In 2003, only 1.3 mm fell in the first ten-day period.

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Forecast for the month in Moscow and regions

On February 11, the head of the Meteo forecasting center, Alexander Shuvalov, warned that the impending frosts would last in Moscow until next week. According to him, the cold atmospheric front will lower the temperature by no more than three or four degrees, 360.ru notes. Shuvalov added that a light snow is expected on Friday. At the weekend, the thermometer columns will drop to -13 degrees, in the afternoon will rise to -8 degrees.

At the same time, Shuvalov noted in a conversation with RT that the regions south of Moscow are already experiencing temperatures below the norm. And in the capital region the cold snap will come in the coming weekend. A little snow is expected in Moscow on Thursday night. Precipitation at the level of 1-3 cm.

On the same day, forecaster of the Meteo forecasting center Alexander Ilyin in a conversation with aif.ru promised heavy snowfalls in the capital by the end of the week. According to forecasts, about 7 cm of snow will fall, kp.ru website specifies.

In late January, the scientific head of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation Roman Vilfand said that in Moscow the average air temperature in January for the first time in history was positive. According to him, this is direct evidence of global climate change, writes NSN.

February 10, it was reported that in Moscow the night of February 9 became the coldest since the beginning of the year. At the main weather station VDNKh the minimum temperature was -7.6 degrees.