Moscow Faces Warm Autumn with 'Old Summer' Forecast
Over the weekend of this week, September 26–27, temperatures will reach plus 16–18 degrees during the day and plus 6–9 degrees at night.
Consensus
- Moscow will experience above-normal temperatures in late September and early October.
- The weather in Moscow during this period is described as comfortable and sunny.
- There will be no significant frost or cold snap in the near term.
- Some precipitation, including light rain, is expected during the week.
- The phenomenon is referred to as 'old summer' or 'gold autumn' by multiple sources.
- The weather pattern is linked to a high-pressure system (anticyclone) over Central Russia.
Points of divergence
- A long-term forecast for November and December 2026 predicts a warmer-than-normal winter with positive temperature anomalies, though the forecast is preliminary and subject to change. — vm
- The 'old summer' will not return to Moscow, and the current warm period is not a continuation of it but a short-term warm wave. — riamo
- The 'old summer' is expected to last up to 10 days and will be driven by a large blocking anticyclone, with temperatures reaching +13–18°C and atmospheric pressure rising to 765 mm Hg. — m24
- A small rain is expected on Monday night, followed by clear skies and temperatures of +14–18°C during the week. — ntv
- The warm period will last until 4 October, with temperatures up to 19°C and a high-pressure system bringing dry, sunny weather. — interfax
Coverage (20 sources)
- Meteorologist: Climate winter in Moscow may start later than usual — Вести
- Meteorologist Pozdnakova: The start of winter in Moscow will be anomalously warm — Вечерняя Москва
- Forecasters FOBO: In Central Russia, sunny weather will prevail — Вести
- When will the heating season begin in the Moscow region — Вечерняя Москва
- In the last days of September in Moscow and the region, warm weather is expected — Вести
- In Moscow, the weather lags behind the calendar autumn — Вести
- Moscow residents told about the weather for next week — Вести
- Old autumn will come to Moscow next week — warming to +18° is forecast. — Первый Московский
- Meteorologist Tishkovets: Moscow and Central Russia residents await "old" autumn — Вечерняя Москва
- Old autumn will come to Moscow next week — НТВ Москва
- Meteorologist Zavodchenkov: The end of September on the Russian Plain will be warmer than usual — Вести
- Warm "golden autumn" will come to Moscow at the end of September — Интерфакс
- "Old" autumn will arrive in the capital next week and will last for 10 days — Москва 24
- Babye leto will not return to Moscow — РИАМО
- Will there be autumn in Moscow in the fall of 2026? — Вечерняя Москва
- Meteorologist Pozdnakova: Summer in Moscow has ended — Вечерняя Москва
- Warm autumn continues. This week in Moscow comfortable temperatures will be maintained: during the day the air will warm up to... — Город Москва
- Tishkovets: truly summer weather will return to the eastern part of Russia — Вести
- Meteorologist stated that the summer solstice has ended in Moscow — Ведомости
- Meteorologists announced the end of the summer solstice in Moscow — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Moscow
- Evgeny Tishkovets
- Phobos
- Central Russia
- Tatyana Pozdnyakova
- Center of Weather
- Russia
- Russian Plain
- Moscow Oblast
- Hydrometeorological Center
- RIA Novosti
- IT 'News'
- Uralom
- Lyudmila Parshina
- Starogo
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