“Something that hasn’t happened since 1881 will come in December”: weather forecasters gave a new forecast

Forecasters are predicting an unusually harsh winter in December, which could be unique in the history of meteorological observations. December 2023 promises to be one of the coldest in the last 150 years, breaking temperature records from the 19th century. The harbingers were an abnormally warm summer and autumn.

In the southern regions of Russia, especially in the Krasnodar Territory, frosts of -10 °C and below are expected. In Krasnodar, where meteorological observations have been carried out since 1881, December can be one of the coldest. In the first weeks of December, Siberian frosts down to -15 °C and even down to -20 °C are possible. This can cause problems in agriculture, damage to infrastructure and deterioration of living conditions.

The central regions of Russia will also experience cooling. Moscow and St. Petersburg in the second half of December may experience…