Overview
- Phobos forecaster Evgeny Tishkovets says a powerful Balkan cyclone on Friday could drop around 30% of January’s normal precipitation in a day, with up to about 30 mm in southern areas and local snowdrifts to roughly half a meter.
- The Hydrometcenter forecasts the capital will reach nighttime lows around −19 C on January 9 with daytime near −17 C, and temperatures may strengthen to about −20 C by the night of January 10.
- Phobos anticipates the first twenty-degree frosts around January 10–11, with night temperatures generally −17 to −22 C and locally down to −25 C, which would be 8–10 degrees below the seasonal norm.
- Short‑term guidance shows the cooling already underway: Monday brought light snow and about −2 to −4 C in the city, and Tuesday features light snow with daytime −4 to −6 C as conditions trend colder.
- Christmas night is expected to be snowy and near seasonal norms in Moscow, with −9 to −7 C in the city and −12 to −7 C across the region according to the Hydrometcenter.