MOSCOW, 13 Aug. Over the past decades, the climate in Russia has changed significantly, on the example of Moscow this was shown in an interview with Sputnik radio by the leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Mikhail Leus. Climatic indicators characteristic of each region are the average temperature, the amount of precipitation and their intensity, as well as others — over time change. The conventionally accepted values are calculated on the basis of observations over 30 years and are periodically updated, the meteorologist noted. This year, according to Leus, such an update is expected. «We, meteorologists, say that until now we used the» old «climate, that is, we lived according to the data from 1961 to 1991, and this year we will start using it.» a new «climate. But Roshydromet has not yet approved and published the new characteristics,» Leus specified. Everyone can judge about climate changes by their region. In Moscow, an example of such changes is, in particular, the weather in August, the meteorologist continued.
Extreme heat in Russia will recur more often, the expert warned. He explained that the climatic norm for Moscow August is 10 rainy days and 77 millimeters of precipitation with an average temperature of 16.4 degrees. However, the actual situation has changed. «Under the» new «climate, the rains have become a little more, they now fall 78 millimeters. Just a millimeter more, but the number of days with precipitation is now 15, that is, it should rain every second day — this is a noticeable increase. now stands at 17.6 degrees — an increase of more than a degree, «Leus said.
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