The weather forecaster reported a temperature record for April 16 in Moscow.

In Moscow, on April 16, a record heat was set for this date in the entire history of observations. This was announced on April 16 by Mikhail Leus, a specialist at the Phobos Weather Center.

"And here is the record! This April 16 in Moscow became the warmest in the history of weather observations," he wrote on the Telegram channel.

According to Leus, by 14:00 in the capital, the temperature reached +21.2 degrees, and this is 0.2 degrees warmer than the previous achievement of this day, which has been maintained since 1920.

"The exact value of the new achievement will be known after 21 hours, when readings from the maximum thermometers will be taken," the forecaster added.

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The air temperature in the regions will vary greatly from day to day.

On the same day, the Hydrometeorological Center reported that the air temperature in the capital on Wednesday afternoon would range from +19 to +21 degrees. At night, the thermometer will drop to +6. In the Moscow region, it was expected from +16 to +21 degrees during the day, and at night the temperature may drop to +3.