The 90-year-old record for the height of snow cover has been updated in Moscow.

The height of the snow cover in Moscow on April 29 was 7 cm, which is a new daily record for the last 90 years. Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos Weather center, announced this in his Telegram channel on Wednesday, April 29.

The forecaster clarified that, according to the city's base weather station at VDNKh, over the past day, the snow cover in the capital has lost another 3 cm. 360.ru .

"However, this turned out to be enough to update the daily record for the height of snow cover, which for that day was 4 cm and lasted for 90 years!" the Moscow City News agency quoted the message.

Umbrella of help: when will the abnormal snowfall end in Moscow

By the weekend, it will be warm in the capital, and the bad weather will leave for the Urals and the Volga region.

Alexander Shuvalov, head of the Meteo forecasting center, announced on April 28 that cool weather is expected in Moscow during the first May holidays. On May 1, the air temperature will not exceed +10 degrees, on May 2 and 3 — + 14 degrees.