VVC weather station

Coordinates: 55°50′0″N 37°37′0″E / 55.83333°N 37.61667°E

VVC weather station location

The VDNKh weather station is the principal weather station in Moscow, Russia. It opened in 1948 on the grounds of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre. Temperature and precipitation readings at VVC weather station form the official weather reports and historical statistics.

The station's World meteorological organization classification index is 27612.

Climatological data

Climate data for Moscow (1981 - 2010) preliminary, records since 1948 (VVC weather st. only)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8.6
(47.5)		 8.3
(46.9)		 17.5
(63.5)		 28.0
(82.4)		 33.2
(91.8)		 33.9
(93)		 38.2
(100.8)		 37.3
(99.1)		 29.4
(84.9)		 23.7
(74.7)		 14.5
(58.1)		 9.6
(49.3)		 38.2
(100.8)
Average high °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 2.6
(36.7)		 11.0
(51.8)		 18.4
(65.1)		 22.0
(71.6)		 24.1
(75.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 15.6
(60.1)		 8.6
(47.5)		 1.0
(33.8)		 −2.9
(26.8)		 9.7
(49.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −6.5
(20.3)		 −6.7
(19.9)		 −1
(30)		 6.7
(44.1)		 13.2
(55.8)		 17.0
(62.6)		 19.2
(66.6)		 17.0
(62.6)		 11.3
(52.3)		 5.6
(42.1)		 −1.4
(29.5)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 5.8
(42.4)
Average low °C (°F) −9.1
(15.6)		 −9.9
(14.2)		 −4.3
(24.3)		 2.7
(36.9)		 7.9
(46.2)		 12.1
(53.8)		 14.7
(58.5)		 12.6
(54.7)		 7.6
(45.7)		 2.7
(36.9)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 −6.8
(19.8)		 2.1
(35.8)
Record low °C (°F) −38.1
(−36.6)		 −35.2
(−31.4)		 −27.9
(−18.2)		 −18.8
(−1.8)		 −5.0
(23)		 0.8
(33.4)		 5.1
(41.2)		 2.1
(35.8)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 −16.1
(3)		 −23.3
(−9.9)		 −38.0
(−36.4)		 −38.1
(−36.6)
Source: [1][2][3]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to All-Russia Exhibition Centre weather station.

References

  1. ↑ "2008 was the warmest year in Moscow history (in Russian)". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Pogoda.ru.net" (in Russian). Retrieved January 8, 2009.
  3. ↑ "August high" (in Russian). Retrieved August 7, 2010.