He clarified that 43 millimeters of precipitation fell at the VDNKh weather station during the day, four more were brought last night.
“Thus, the amount of daily rain for August 20, 2023 in the capital becomes 47 mm, which is 60% of the August norm,” said the meteorologist.
According to him, the previous record for the amount of precipitation was recorded in the capital on August 20, 1999. Then 18.2 millimeters were recorded here.
Let’s remember that the showers in Moscow brought a cold atmospheric front, which meteorologists warned of the day before. The Metropolitan Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced a storm warning in the city.
