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Moscow, July 1 (EFE).- The Russian capital is experiencing the coolest summer in its history these days, to which must be added the heaviest rainfall since 1980, according to the Russian meteorological services today.
Monday became the coldest June 30th in the history of meteorological measurements, with temperatures of just 12.6 degrees Celsius, breaking the records of 1962 and 1976, when the thermometers dropped to 14 and 14.7 degrees, respectively.
Meanwhile, today temperatures remained around 10-14 degrees and low pressure bottomed out this week at 728 millimeters of mercury, according to the Fobos Center. "During the last day at the VDNJ meteorological station, 16 millimeters of precipitation fell, which is almost 20% of the monthly norm," Yevgeny Tishkovets, a meteorologist at the Fobos Center, told the RIA Novosti agency, who predicted that the same volume of water is expected to fall this Tuesday. These are levels only surpassed by the measurements of 1980, the specialist noted. Local authorities have warned Muscovites, who have been reluctantly forced to rescue raincoats, coats and umbrellas, to opt for public transport due to the rains. "Use public transport for your trips. According to meteorologists' forecasts, it will rain throughout the day, and there will be storms and strong gusts of wind," the Moscow Department of Transport alerted on Telegram. The department called on drivers not to park their vehicles near trees, not to use their phones while driving, and to reduce speed further in advance near pedestrian crossings. In turn, the Rosseti Moscow electric company announced that it is in a "state of heightened alert" due to the risk of showers and storms with gusts of up to 16 meters per second. The weather forecast indicates that on Wednesday the temperature will reach 20 degrees and on Thursday the thermometers will read around 25 degrees.
