Forecaster Leus named the time frame for replacing winter tires with summer ones

Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather Center, said on Tuesday, March 17, that it was too early to change winter tires to summer tires.

According to him, it should be done no earlier than the first decade of April, the Moscow City News agency reports. According to him, forecasts indicate that night temperatures will remain from 0 to -5 degrees in Moscow at least until the end of the week, writes RT.

On the night of March 17, frosts were observed in the capital and the region. At VDNKh, the temperature dropped to -2.4 degrees, at other weather stations it ranged from +1.8 to -5.8 degrees, in the region — from +1.5 to -6.1 degrees. 360.ru .

On March 10, Alexander Shuvalov, head of the Meteo forecasting center, said that it was too early for drivers in Moscow to switch to summer tires — night frosts persisted in March and the risk of cold weather returning was high.

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