In Photos: Moscow Bakes as City Sets New Daily Heat Record
Temperatures climbed to 26.2 degrees Celsius (79.16 degrees Fahrenheit) in Moscow last week Friday, making it the hottest Sept. 13 on record. Friday beat the previous record, observed on Sept. 13, 1998, by almost two degrees Celcius.
The Russian capital set another daily record on Sept. 1 when temperatures rose to 29.1 degrees C (84.38 degrees F).
Countries all across Europe have experienced unusually high temperatures this month as global warming intensifies. Places like Sweden and Norway posted their highest September temperatures in the first week of the month, and more recently, large swaths of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone a heatwave.
The Moscow Times has collected photos of Muscovites enjoying the unseasonally warm weather:
The Russian capital set another daily record on Sept. 1 when temperatures rose to 29.1 degrees C (84.38 degrees F).
Countries all across Europe have experienced unusually high temperatures this month as global warming intensifies. Places like Sweden and Norway posted their highest September temperatures in the first week of the month, and more recently, large swaths of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone a heatwave.
The Moscow Times has collected photos of Muscovites enjoying the unseasonally warm weather:
A man and his dog on a paddle board near Bolshoi Stroginsky Floodplain in Moscow.
Dmitry Belitsky / Moskva News Agency
People sit on the grass near the Bolshoi Stroginsky Floodplain.
Dmitry Belitsky / Moskva News Agency
A jetskier does tricks.
Dmitry Belitsky / Moskva News Agency
Muscovites at a city beach.
Dmitry Belitsky / Moskva News Agency
Women relax on beaches.
Dmitry Belitsky / Moskva News Agency
People walk in the city center.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
A dog cools off.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
Muscovites cool off in a fountain.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
A woman lies down in the park.
Vasily Kuzmichenok / Moskva News Agency
Two women in matching outfits.
Sergei Kiselev / Moskva News Agency
Muscovites relax on a bridge in the center of Moscow.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
A woman takes photos near the Moskva River.
Yaroslav Chingaev / Moskva News Agency
