A new temperature record was set in Moscow on April 18.

A new temperature record has been set in Moscow, which has exceeded the figures of a century ago. Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather center, announced this in his Telegram channel on Friday, April 18.

"Today at 1 p.m., the air temperature in the capital, according to the base weather station of the VDNKH megacity, reached +22.7 degrees, which is 0.6 degrees higher than the previous record of this day, which has been held for more than a century — since 1921. In addition, today in Moscow has taken the first place in the list of the warmest since the beginning of the year," the Moscow City News agency quotes the message.

The record high was also updated in Mozhaisk, near Moscow, where the temperature rose to +22.1 degrees, which is one tenth higher than the previous level reached in 1999.

According to the forecaster, last night in Moscow was the warmest since the beginning of this year, writes "Moscow 24".

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Earlier in the day, the "orange" weather danger level due to abnormally hot weather in Moscow was announced from Friday evening, April 18, to Tuesday, April 22.