Almost a quarter of the monthly precipitation fell on Moscow on March 26. telegraph channel Leading employee of the meteorological center “Phobos” Mikhail Leus.
According to him, 10 mm of precipitation per day fell on the VDNKh weather station, which was lower than the daily record for that day, which was set on March 26, 1951 (11.8 mm).
Former Chief Specialist of Phobos Air Center Evgeniy Tishkovets declarationMarch 26 may be the rainiest day in Moscow in 75 years. Also on Sunday, the record for daily precipitation since the middle of the last century may be broken.
Tishkovets noted that Sunday will be the wettest day in meteorological history on March 26 in Central Russia.
According to him, the North Atlantic hurricane will be responsible, which will reduce precipitation in the capital region from 10 mm to 19 mm.
According to the weather presenter, it has only once rained this much in its history – in 1951. Then it hit the 11.8mm rain gauges. This is still a record value for March 26.