2019 Hottest Year On Record For Russia; New Years Eve In Anchorage @ Record High Of 46F

MOSCOW, 30 December 2019 (AFP) – This year was the hottest ever registered in Russia, the country’s weather chief said on Monday, as climate change pushes global temperatures to record highs. “This year in Russia was the hottest for the entire period of instrumental observations,” the head of the Gidromedtsentr weather service, Roman Vilfand, told Russian news agencies.

He said Moscow’s average temperature for 2019 had hit 7.6-7.7 degrees Celsius (45.7-45.9 degrees Fahrenheit), beating the previous record by 0.3 degrees. Vilfand said January will continue to be warmer than usual in almost all regions of Russia. Weather records have been kept since 1879 in Moscow and since 1891 in Russia as a whole.

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Anchorage hit a new record Tuesday. The city had its warmest New Year’s Eve with temperatures spiking to 46 degrees at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. That eclipsed the prior record set last year by 2 degrees.

In other parts of town Tuesday, temperatures soared into the low 50s. Snow melted. Water pooled on roadways.

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