The 24-year-old daily heat record has been updated in Moscow

In Moscow, the air temperature reached +13.8 degrees, a record high for March 13 in the last 24 years. This is reported by the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia.

The Hydrometeorological Center clarified that the capital has set a second consecutive temperature record for the week and March. The previous record of 2002, with a reading of +11.5 degrees, was exceeded at the VDNKh reference weather station at 13:00 Moscow time. 360.ru .

"The thermometers showed +12.3 degrees. The temperature continued to rise, and by 15:00 it had warmed up to + 13.8 degrees. The final value of today's maximum temperature will be known late in the evening, when readings from the maximum thermometer will be taken," the Moscow City News agency quoted the message.

As specified, the same warm weather without precipitation awaits Muscovites and guests of the capital over the weekend, possibly setting new temperature records.

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Earlier that day, Tatiana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, reported that the air temperature in Moscow, at VDNH, reached +12.3 degrees, which became a new, second temperature record this month, writes Moscow 24.

In turn, Pyotr Biryukov, Deputy Mayor of the capital for Housing and Communal Services and Landscaping, said that due to the warm weather, Moscow's heat supply system had been reduced to minimum parameters.

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