Moscow records one of its three warmest October 17 temperatures

Moscow's VDNKh weather station reached 16.2 degrees Celsius on October 17. Forecaster Tatyana Pozdnyakova said it was among the three highest readings recorded for that calendar date.

Higher temperatures for October 17 were recorded in 2019 and 2018, at 19.5 and 18.9 degrees respectively. Pozdnyakova cited those figures in a post on the Max platform.

In Kolomna, in the southern part of the Moscow region, the temperature reached 18.9 degrees. According to the forecaster, that reading tied the result from 2018 for second place.

Warm weather is also expected in Moscow on Sunday, October 18. Pozdnyakova forecast daytime temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees Celsius.