Moscow is breaking records for positive temperatures. January rains the capital, while Muscovites wait for snow, sledges, ice rinks and snowmen. Scientists talk about the obvious impact on climate of global warming, which can be felt on your own skin.
And while the inhabitants of the central region are waiting for a real winter, we decided to recall when Moscow was experiencing the lowest recorded temperatures. This was not once.
The absolute record was recorded in winter in 1940, when thermometers showed -42 ° С. When the lowest temperatures in Moscow in the entire history of observations were still recorded, read this article.
List
- 10.1997, -28.8 ° C
- 9. 1991, -29.6 ° C
- 8. 2017, -29.9 ° C
- 7. 1970, -30.1 ° C
- 6.1976, -30.2 ° С
- 5.1972, -30.6 ° C
- 4.2006, -30.8 ° С
- 3. 1987, -32.4 ° C
- 2. 1979, -33 ° C
- 1. 1978, -38 ° C
10. 1997, -28.8 ° C
Residents of the northern regions of our vast homeland will probably grin when they learn that one of the lowest temperatures in Moscow was noted in 1997 and amounted to almost -29 ° C.
However, for Muscovites, who were not accustomed by and large to such surprises from nature, it was no laughing matter. Residents hastily warmed themselves, took out sheep’s mittens and wrapped their children’s noses with scarves.
In the previous year, 1996-1997, the winter turned out to be surprisingly warm, but December of the following year was able to get on the list of the coldest in Moscow for all the time of observation.
9. 1991, -29.6 ° C
The years 1990-1991 were marked by a real shock for the inhabitants of the future Russian Federation: the collapse of the Soviet Union. And while the country was shaking in a fever, while the power was changing, and territory beyond territory was breaking away from the vast land, Moscow was covered with a cold front.
Thermometers showed together -29.6 ° C, frost cracked outside the window, the wind threw prickly snow into the faces of passers-by, so cold and crumbly that not a single snowball could come of it.
The coldest day was February 1, but by the end of the month the temperature had risen sharply, and March was marked by thaws and mud.
8. 2017, -29.9 ° C
Winter 2016-2017 Media called "Perfect." She was originally Russian, cold, invigorating and snowy. December pleased the inhabitants of Moscow with a lot of snow, we will dust up yards, Christmas markets and the fabulous Manezhnaya Square.
True, on New Year's Eve Muscovites were in for a sharp warming. On average, the temperature was -5.7 ° C, which is even higher than normal, but frost was hit by Christmas 2017. Thermometers showed -29.9 ° C, and the end of the month was marked by a large amount of snowfall.
7. 1970, -30.1 ° C
January 1970 was remembered by many as especially snowy. Snowstorms began in the evening, and in the morning only trolleybuses and buses went, trams got up. And even then it was possible to drive only along the central streets, all the yards were covered with sweets. And I had to go to the store in the city center, because all the products were brought there, the machines with bread did not reach the periphery.
There were crackling frosts -30.1 ° C, especially bright stars and a large horned month burned in the high sky. The snow was dry and almost crystal. By noon, Moscow was cleared of snow using all available mechanized means, some people even remember tanks, but the capital was cold, sparkling and clean.
6.1976, -30.2 ° С
Worldwide, 1976 was marked by the 12th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Then athletes from the USSR won 27 medals, ahead of the national team of the GDR in the overall team classification and taking first place.
And while Vladislav Tretyak proudly carried the flag of the USSR, while the athletes fought for every medal, severe frosts fell on Moscow. The temperature dropped a little lower -30 ° C, the wind picked up snow and threw it in the face.
The minimum temperature was recorded on February 5, 1976, just the day after the official start of the XII Winter Olympic Games. It gradually rose until February 9, when the thermometer bars froze at -8 ° C, then again fell to -20 ° C, but after that there were no more severe frosts by the end of February.
5.1972, -30.6 ° C
Cold turned out to be January and 1972. If you look at the weather archive for that year, you can see that the temperature stayed at -20 ° С all month, justifying the glory of real Russian winters.
But January 15, 1972 turned out to be especially cold. That day the frost hit, and the temperature from -25 ° C, which is also not very warm, dropped to -30.6 ° C. Until the end of January, the central region was chained, and only by February 9 did the temperature rise to a quite comfortable mark of -9 ° С.
However, the winter of 1972 was itself long and harsh. Even in March, -20 ° C was recorded, and only by the end of the first spring month the temperature began to rise to zero.
4.2006, -30.8 ° С
January 2006 turned out to be severe throughout Russia, and in Moscow in particular. Meteorologists noted that temperature minimums were abnormal in almost all areas.
A cold center formed over the southern and western regions of Siberia in December, and then began to spread throughout almost the entire European part of Russia, bypassing perhaps the north-western regions.
The record in the Central Federal District was recorded in the Kostroma region, where the temperature at night dropped to -40 ° С. In Moscow, it was a little warmer, to -30.8 ° C. The coldest day was January 18th.
3. 1987, -32.4 ° C
The winter of 1987 was preceded by a warm autumn, and even at the beginning of December 1986 the temperature only went a little minus. But in the middle of the month it suddenly got colder, up to -20 ° С, the same weather was waiting for Muscovites for the New Year.
High black sky in the stars and crackling frosts. But this was not the least, because in front of the inhabitants a real Christmas cooling was waiting. On January 7, 1987, the thermometer bars showed -31.5 ° C, and the next day, January 8, record -32.4 ° C.
And if an unprecedented amount of snow fell in the southern regions of the USSR, and many recall how they literally walked through the fence of a house through snowdrifts, then there was almost no snow in the central region, the ground froze, and agricultural workers still raked up the consequences of the Christmas cold in May, when it became clear that many crops and trees froze.
2. 1979, -33 ° C
Winter 1978-1979 I remember many inhabitants of the then Soviet Union unprecedented cold weather. Then a very powerful Arctic cyclone formed over the Arctic, which quickly spread to the southwest, to the European part of the country.
Severe frosts hit back in mid-December, but a record low was recorded in the New Year. In January 1979, the temperature rose slightly, but still remained atypically low for the central region. January 1, New Year met Muscovites 33 degree frost.
1. 1978, -38 ° C
So, December 1978, during which meteorologists recorded and described the lowest temperature in Moscow. December 31, on the eve of the long-awaited New Year's holiday, the columns of Moscow thermometers dropped to -38 ° C.
Extreme frosts, although they were short-lived, caused economic and domestic damage to the city's infrastructure and its residents. Transport stood. The water in the pipes and batteries froze, and they burst under pressure. Residents of some apartment buildings even had to be evacuated.
Fruit trees and shrubs suffered significantly - the soil was deeply frozen, and the root system of plants was damaged.