Russia Weathers a Disturbing Warm Winter

[Jordan Hartley]

Here's a link, article from AP out of Moscow, Russia. Average temps in the capitol of Russia for this time of year are usually around -22F but this year temps have stayed above freezing for most of the winter so far.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/19/D8MOHNSO0.html

 

[B Ozanne]

Its cold in Moscow...but not that cold. Their average high and low is 21/11 in January. It's not really possible to have a city that big with average temps of -22F. Especially not with Russain technology.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Moscow experienced some of their coldest temperatures on record last year.

From:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2006/ann/global.html

In India, frost was observed in New Delhi for the first time in 70 years as cold air flowing from the Himalayas produced a low temperature of 0.2°C (32.3°F) on January 9th. The record low occurred on January 16, 1935, when -0.6°C (31°F) was reported. In Russia, a severe cold wave, which arrived during January 17-18, brought some of the coldest temperatures to the region in decades. Moscow temperatures plummeted to -30°C (-22°F), the coldest readings since the winter of 1978-1979, when temperatures dropped to -38°C (-36°F). In June, unseasonably cold temperatures affected areas of Australia, with many locations breaking their all-time record minimum temperatures for the month. Averaged across Australia as a whole, it was the fourth coldest June in the post-1950 record.