Number of the day: weather forecasters say upcoming New Year’s Eve weather only happens once every 15 years

Number of the day: weather forecasters say upcoming New Year’s Eve weather only happens once every 15 years

December has already surprised the capital’s residents with its unusually cold weather. Snowstorms that literally stopped traffic one morning seem to have already made clear their intention to claim the title of the coldest month before New Year’s Eve. By the way, the first month of winter definitely managed to break at least one record. Snowdrifts reached 37 centimeters for the first time in the last 140 years. Meanwhile, weather forecasters warn that it’s worth preparing as there will be even more snow by the end of the month.

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“Such an onset of the calendar winter is a rare phenomenon in Moscow and occurs on average once every 15 years. The last time this happened was in 2001 and 2002,” said weather forecaster Tatyana Pozdnyakova.

The expert also added that the snowdrifts will not melt before New Year’s Eve, but in December it will be really cold due to frosts with rare thaws.

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Let us remind you that we said earlier that it is known how to put up a Christmas tree on Red Square. The country’s mother tree was photographed from space, Roslesinforg’s press service reported. If you think that choosing a Christmas tree every year is easy, you are very wrong. Experts first start with satellite images, which are necessary to determine the exact parameters, altitude and location of the “one”.

Source: People Talk

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