The forecaster spoke about the height of snowdrifts in the capital region by the end of January.

January 2026 in the capital region is expected to be 1-2 degrees colder than the climatic norm, as well as moderate in terms of precipitation. This was announced by meteorologist, leading specialist of the Phobos weather Center Evgeny Tishkovets in his Telegram channel on Friday, December 26.

The forecaster clarified that the January norm for Moscow is -12.3 degrees at night and -6.3 degrees during the day.

"This means that the snow reserves accumulated until the end of the year and the expected increase in snowdrifts in January will continue. In terms of precipitation, the second month of winter is forecast to be moderate and close to normal, due to which snowdrifts will grow to 28-33 cm by the end of January," the Moscow City News agency quoted him as saying.

Tishkovets also said that the snowfall in Moscow will continue, but its intensity will decrease significantly. No more than four millimeters of precipitation will fall in the city on December 26. About this 360.ru said the forecaster Eugene

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Earlier that day, Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, told Izvestia that Moscow residents would celebrate the New Year in conditions of steadily frosty and snowy weather. In the period from December 30 to January 2, a homogeneous regime is expected in the capital with temperatures 5-6 degrees below the climatic norm, cloudy weather and occasional light snow.

In turn, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a leading specialist at the Meteonosti news agency, said in an interview with NSN that the first days of the New Year holidays would be snowy and frosty, but after January 3, the air temperature would begin to rise, and it was possible that Muscovites would thaw by Christmas.

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