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Temperature in Moscow in January - does global warming exist?

Recently, people are constantly talking aboutclimate change, global warming and other phenomena, complaining that every year the harsh Russian winter is getting closer to the European, and the mild summer is more and more like a tropical one. Let's try to figure out if everything is bad with our climate. And as a material for analysis, we will serve the temperature in Moscow in January.

general information

According to its geographical position, the capitalbelongs to the zone of temperate continental climate, so according to all the laws of meteorology, the air temperature in Moscow in January should be no more than twenty degrees with a minus sign. The absolute maximum, by the way, recorded by scientists, is minus nineteen, while the average minimum is minus seventeen Celsius.

temperature in Moscow in January

In addition, the temperature in Moscow in January afterThe winter solstice does not fall below fifteen degrees. The historical maximum, by the way, was plus four - not at all what you expect from the harsh Russian winter. So, in principle, it cannot be said that the first month of the year is as cold as it is commonly believed. Still, it’s silly to argue with dry statistics.

Cases of bygone days

But back to the specifics.Analyzing the period from 2002 to 2012 (the decade after all is quite a long time), one can say that the average air temperature in January in Moscow was minus five degrees. The coldest year for the study period was 2010, then the average monthly temperature dropped to canonical minus fifteen. In 2006, the second year of “coldness”, the thermometer dropped to minus ten.

The warmest steels were 2007 and 2005, with minus one and minus two degrees, respectively. So what is this - global warming or a banal coincidence? Let's try to go to the latest information.

air temperature in Moscow in January

And what today?

In the period from 2012 to 2016 the situation is significantlyhas not changed. The temperature in Moscow in January was on average minus seven degrees. At the same time, the past year 2015 was the warmest year with a record minus three. Of course, many will now notice that this year there was no perfect winter, but at the same time, January-2016 was distinguished by a rare instability: at the beginning of the year, the weather pleased us with frosts to minus twenty, in some places even minus twenty-six, but by the end months, the temperature has risen to those very record plus four, thereby exceeding the rate of recent years by thirteen degrees.

average air temperature in January in Moscow

conclusions

So what is the temperature in Moscow in January?One thing is documented information, some meteorological canons and other scientific data, and another is the reality that we face every day. It is safe to say that in recent years, the temperature is definitely much higher than normal. And how can this be explained - to say very, very difficult. The only thing left for us to do is to wait for the next winter to either make sure that there is a tendency towards an increase in the average monthly January temperature, or to disprove its existence by writing off everything not on global processes, but on the influence of various factors, such as cyclones and sea currents.

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