Forecasters predicted a snowstorm and up to -9 degrees in Moscow on January 2.

Cloudy, snow, sometimes a blizzard, icy conditions — such weather awaits residents of the capital region on Friday, January 2. The corresponding forecast is published on the website of the Hydrometeorological Center.

The air temperature in Moscow will range from -9 to -7 degrees during the day. At night, the thermometer will drop to -9.

In the Moscow region, it will be from -12 to -7 degrees during the day, and at night the temperature may drop to -12 degrees.

A southerly wind is expected with a speed of 6-11 m/s and gusts up to 15 m/s.

Atmospheric pressure will be 734-739 mmHg.

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Up to 4 cm of snow may fall by Saturday.

Tatiana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, called the night of January 2 the coldest during the New Year holidays on December 29, 2025, in a conversation with Izvestia. According to her, during this period it is expected from -14 to -16 degrees, while this indicator for the region may be up to -19. The forecaster stressed that Atlantic cyclones will come to the region all week, which will keep the pressure very low.

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