The key facts

  • On November 1, Moscow expects up to +11 °C without precipitation, with a possible overnight drop to −1 °C
  • Frosts down to −4 °C are forecast overnight into Monday in the Moscow region
  • October 2026 repeated the 2020 record, exceeding the climate norm by 3.5 degrees

Forecast for Sunday

Variable cloudiness without precipitation and temperatures up to +11 °C are expected in Moscow on Sunday, November 1, according to the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia. During the day, the air will warm up to +9…+11 °C, and overnight into Monday the temperature may drop to −1 °C. A north-easterly wind will blow at 5–10 m/s with atmospheric pressure of about 759 mm Hg. In the Moscow region, +7…+12 °C is expected during the day, but overnight forecasters warn of frosts down to −4 °C.

October repeated the warmth record

The warm start of November continues an anomalously warm October. According to the MSU meteorological observatory, the average monthly temperature in the capital in October exceeded the climate norm (+6 °C) by 3.5 degrees and repeated the 2020 record. Thus, October 2020 and October 2026 became the warmest in the entire history of meteorological observations in Moscow since 1780, the university's press service reported.

Late-October records

From October 25 to 30, in Russia, 99 temperature records were recorded; the main peak of the anomalous warming occurred between October 26 and 28. Earlier, Muscovites were promised a warm start to November — this forecast is being confirmed by current data as of November 1.