The height of snowdrifts in Moscow on February 20 became a record for all time of meteorological observations.

The height of the snow cover formed in the capital broke previously set records for all 72 years of meteorological observations and amounted to 80 cm. This was announced on Friday, February 20, by the press service of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, citing specialists from its meteorological observatory.

"On February 20, 2026, in Moscow, according to the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory, a record high snow cover height was recorded for all 72 years of observations: 80 cm," the university told TASS.

The corresponding situation, as noted, was the result of an abnormal amount of precipitation that fell in the Moscow region on the eve of February 19. Mikhail Lokoshchenko, head of the Meteorological Observatory at Moscow University and a leading researcher at the Department of Meteorology and Climatology at the University's Faculty of Geography, told the agency that this record had previously been fixed by an indicator revealed on March 26, 2013, when the height of snowdrifts in the capital reached 77 cm.

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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on February 19 that more than 70% of the monthly snowfall rate had fallen in the city during the day. He called this situation "abnormal" and added that the current winter with incessant snowfall is breaking all records. At the same time, he expressed gratitude to the representatives of public utilities who are involved in eliminating the consequences of such a volume of precipitation.

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