The weather forecaster spoke about the renewal of the 85-year-old heat record in Moscow.

The air temperature in Moscow reached +9.9 degrees on Tuesday, thus breaking the record of heat that lasted 85 years, recorded on November 18, 1940. Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, announced this on Tuesday, November 18, in his Telegram channel.

"By 11:00 a.m., the air temperature in the capital, at the city's base weather station, VDNKh, reached +9.9 degrees, which is 0.5 degrees higher than it was on this day in 1940," the Moscow City News agency quoted the message.

On November 18, 1940, the air in the capital warmed up to +9.4 degrees, RIAMO clarifies.

The forecaster noted that the temperature increase continues, and the exact value of the new record will be known after 21:00, when readings from the maximum thermometers will be taken.

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Earlier in the day, Evgeny Tishkovets, a specialist at the Phobos weather center, said that half of the monthly precipitation rate had fallen in Moscow over the past 24 hours. 360.ru .

On November 18, the Hydrometeorological Center predicted cloudy weather, precipitation (rain, sleet), heavy in places in the region, according to the website kp.ru .

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