A cold snap is expected in Moscow after Palm Sunday

Lowering the temperature to +5...+7 degrees is expected in Moscow after Palm Sunday, which in 2026 falls on April 5. Alexander Shuvalov, head of the Meteo forecasting center, announced this on Wednesday, April 1.

"At least some models show that on Sunday and Monday the temperature will be only +5...+7 degrees. This is after today's +17...+19 degrees," the forecaster told the Moscow City News agency.

Shuvalov also said that rain can already be expected on April 2, as on the night of the third, but it will be moderate precipitation, RT reports.

Spark with fire: the fire season has begun in 17 regions of Russia

But in most of the country, the snowy winter pushed its start to April.

The Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation reported on March 31 that abnormally hot weather is expected in several regions of the Central Federal District (CFD) from April 1 to April 5. Abnormally hot weather is expected in Moscow and the Moscow region with an average daily air temperature exceeding the climatic norm by seven degrees or more. The warning also applies to the Vladimir, Kaluga, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Ryazan, Smolensk and Tula regions.

Evgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, said in an interview with NSN on March 30 that weather anomalies could await the capital in the spring, so those who do not depend on cars should change tires every day.

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