May 22 was the warmest day since the beginning of the month in Moscow

Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather Center, said Thursday, May 22, was the warmest day in Moscow since the beginning of the month. The specialist told about this in his Telegram channel.

According to him, the air in the capital warmed up to +23 degrees, this indicator was recorded by the base weather station VDNKh, the Moscow city news agency reports.

Before that, the day of May 16 was in the lead in terms of temperature indicators, when the thermometer columns showed +22.8 degrees.

On Friday, May 23, it is expected to reach +24... +26 degrees in the capital, Moscow 24 notes.

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Also in the Moscow region, a "yellow" weather hazard level was announced due to a thunderstorm on Friday, May 23.

Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, said that a climatic summer would begin in the capital on May 22. On Friday and the coming weekend, the warming will continue, writes 360.ru . Tishkovets warned that sunny, dry weather will prevail in Moscow these days, and the thermometer will rise to July levels (+27 degrees).

On May 21, Tishkovets, in an interview with NSN, stated that the upcoming summer in Russia will be warmer and drier than the climatic norm, but abnormal heat is not expected. He also predicted a slight precipitation deficit in the range of 10-20%.

Forecaster Alexander Ilyin allowed the temperature record to be updated in the summer of 2025. According to the expert, in early June in the southern steppe regions of the European part of the country, as well as in the Volga region and the Central Federal District, thermometer columns will rise above +30 degrees. kp.ru .