Climate of Moscow - wikipedia Climate of Moscow Humid continental climate worldwide Moscow Climate chart ( explanation ) J J J O 46 − 4 − 9 36 − 3 − 10 33 − 4 38 11 52 19 8 84 22 12 90 24 15 80 22 13 67 16 8 66 9 60 − 3 53 − 3 − 7 Average max. and min. temperatures in ° C Precipitation totals in mm show Imperial conversion J J J O 1.8 25 16 1.4 27 14 1.3 37 25 1.5 52 37 66 46 3.3 72 54 3.5 75 59 3.1 72 55 2.6 61 46 2.6 48 37 2.4 34 27 2.1 27 19 Average max. and min. temperatures in ° F Precipitation totals in inches Moscow has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ) with warm, sometimes hot, somewhat humid summers and long, cold winters. Typical high temperatures in the warm months of June, July and August are around 23 ° C ( 73 ° F ), but during heat waves, which can occur anytime from May to September, daytime temperature highs often top 30 ° C ( 86 ° F ) for sometimes one or two weeks. In the winter, temperatures normally drop to approximately − 10 ° C ( 14 ° F ), though there can be periods of warmth with temperatures rising above 0 ° C ( 32 ° F ). Summer lasts from mid-May to the beginning of September. Winter lasts from the beginning of November to the end of March. Contents 1 Monthly averages and records for Moscow 2 Type of precipitation 2.1 Snow cover 3 Wind 3.1 Speed of wind 3.1. 1 Wind Storms and Tornadoes 4 Сloudiness and day light 4.1 Number of clear, cloudy and overcast days 4.2 Daylight, average number of hours / day 5 See also 6 References Monthly averages and records for Moscow Location of the VVC weather station on the map of Moscow The highest temperature ever recorded was 38.2 ° C ( 100.8 ° F ) on July 29, 2010, and minimum temperature recorded was − 42 ° C ( − 44 ° F ). In 2007 three record highs for the month occurred -- January + 8.6 ° C ( 47.5 ° F ), March + 17.5 ° C ( 63.5 ° F ), and May + 33.2 ° C ( 91.8 ° F ) ; in 2008, there were new record highs for December and the entire winter : + 9.6 ° C ( 49.3 ° F ). On July 23, 2010, the temperature reached 36.7 ° C ( 98.1 ° F ) and continued to set record highs each following day until it finally reached + 38.2 ° C ( 100.8 ° F ) on July 29, 2010. In November 2010 a new month record high of + 14.5 ° C ( 58.1 ° F ) occurred ( after + 12.6 in 1927 ). Maximum temperature in Moscow and near regions during 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat wave Average annual temperature in Moscow is 5.8 ° C ( 42.4 ° F ), but recently ( 2007, 2008, 2015 ) it has been higher than 7 ° C ( 45 ° F ). In the first half of the 20th century, there was light night frost in late summer. Monthly rainfall totals vary minimally throughout the year, although the precipitation levels tend to be higher during the summer than during the winter. Due to the significant variation in temperature between the winter and summer months as well as the limited fluctuation in precipitation levels during the summer, Moscow is considered to be within a continental climate zone. Most of records and averages are given for VVC weather station, located in the North - Eastern administrative okrug of Moscow. The temperature from this station averages 0.5 -- 1 ° C lower than in the city center, and 0.5 -- 2 ° C higher than night minimums in the suburbs. hide Climate data for Moscow ( last decade, September 2006 -- August 2016, VVC ) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high ° C ( ° F ) − 5.5 ( 22.1 ) − 3.5 ( 25.7 ) 3.2 ( 37.8 ) 11.6 ( 52.9 ) 20.1 ( 68.2 ) 22.7 ( 72.9 ) 25.8 ( 78.4 ) 23.7 ( 74.7 ) 16.5 ( 61.7 ) 8.6 ( 47.5 ) 2.6 ( 36.7 ) − 1.7 ( 28.9 ) 10.4 ( 50.7 ) Daily mean ° C ( ° F ) − 7.4 ( 18.7 ) − 5.8 ( 21.6 ) − 0.1 ( 31.8 ) 7.1 ( 44.8 ) 14.7 ( 58.5 ) 17.7 ( 63.9 ) 20.6 ( 69.1 ) 18.8 ( 65.8 ) 12.6 ( 54.7 ) 6.1 ( 43 ) 1.1 ( 34 ) − 3.6 ( 25.5 ) 6.9 ( 44.4 ) Average low ° C ( ° F ) − 9.2 ( 15.4 ) − 8.1 ( 17.4 ) − 3.5 ( 25.7 ) 2.5 ( 36.5 ) 9.4 ( 48.9 ) 12.6 ( 54.7 ) 15.4 ( 59.7 ) 13.9 ( 57 ) 8.7 ( 47.7 ) 3.7 ( 38.7 ) − 0.3 ( 31.5 ) − 4.6 ( 23.7 ) 3.4 ( 38.1 ) Mean monthly sunshine hours 37 65 142 213 274 299 323 242 171 88 33 14 1,901 Source : weatheronline.co.uk Year of Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Year of Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high ( max t ° C ) 2007 2014 2012 2007 1901 1890 1915 2013 2008 high avg t ° C 2007 2007 2000 1949 1841 1839 1851 1967 2013 2006 2015 Record low ( min t ° C ) 1940 1929 1913 1879 1885 1916 1886 1885 1881 1960 1890 1940 1940 low avg t ° C 1893 1929 1917 1929 1918 1904 1904 1884 1976 1908 1839 1888 hide Climate data for Moscow ( VVC ) normals 1981 -- 2010, records 1879 -- the present 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 ) 19.7 ( 67.5 ) 28.9 ( 84 ) 33.2 ( 91.8 ) 34.9 ( 94.8 ) 38.2 ( 100.8 ) 37.3 ( 99.1 ) 32.3 ( 90.1 ) 24.0 ( 75.2 ) 16.2 ( 61.2 ) 9.6 ( 49.3 ) 38.2 ( 100.8 ) Average high ° C ( ° F ) − 4 ( 25 ) − 3.7 ( 25.3 ) 2.6 ( 36.7 ) 11.3 ( 52.3 ) 18.6 ( 65.5 ) 22.0 ( 71.6 ) 24.3 ( 75.7 ) 21.9 ( 71.4 ) 15.7 ( 60.3 ) 8.7 ( 47.7 ) 0.9 ( 33.6 ) − 3 ( 27 ) 9.6 ( 49.3 ) 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 ) − 1.2 ( 29.8 ) − 5.2 ( 22.6 ) 5.8 ( 42.4 ) Average low ° C ( ° F ) − 9.1 ( 15.6 ) − 9.8 ( 14.4 ) − 4.4 ( 24.1 ) 2.2 ( 36 ) 7.7 ( 45.9 ) 12.1 ( 53.8 ) 14.4 ( 57.9 ) 12.5 ( 54.5 ) 7.4 ( 45.3 ) 2.7 ( 36.9 ) − 3.3 ( 26.1 ) − 7.6 ( 18.3 ) 2.1 ( 35.8 ) Record low ° C ( ° F ) − 42.1 ( − 43.8 ) − 38.2 ( − 36.8 ) − 32.4 ( − 26.3 ) − 21 ( − 6 ) − 7.5 ( 18.5 ) − 2.3 ( 27.9 ) 1.3 ( 34.3 ) − 1.2 ( 29.8 ) − 8.5 ( 16.7 ) − 16.1 ( 3 ) − 32.8 ( − 27 ) − 38.8 ( − 37.8 ) − 42.1 ( − 43.8 ) Average precipitation mm ( inches ) 52 ( 2.05 ) 41 ( 1.61 ) 35 ( 1.38 ) 37 ( 1.46 ) 49 ( 1.93 ) 80 ( 3.15 ) 85 ( 3.35 ) 82 ( 3.23 ) 68 ( 2.68 ) 71 ( 2.8 ) 55 ( 2.17 ) 52 ( 2.05 ) 707 ( 27.86 ) Average rainy days 0.8 0.7 9 13 14 15 15 15 12 6 105.5 Average snowy days 18 15 9 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 10 17 72.2 Average relative humidity ( % ) 83 80 74 67 64 70 74 77 81 81 84 85 77 Mean monthly sunshine hours 33 72 128 170 265 279 271 238 147 78 32 18 1,731 Percent possible sunshine 14 27 35 40 53 53 52 51 38 24 13 8 34 Source : show Climate data for Moscow ( VVC ) normals 1961 -- 1990, records 1879 -- the present 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 ) 19.7 ( 67.5 ) 28.6 ( 83.5 ) 33.2 ( 91.8 ) 34.9 ( 94.8 ) 38.2 ( 100.8 ) 37.3 ( 99.1 ) 32.3 ( 90.1 ) 24.0 ( 75.2 ) 14.5 ( 58.1 ) 9.6 ( 49.3 ) 38.2 ( 100.8 ) Average high ° C ( ° F ) − 6.3 ( 20.7 ) − 4.2 ( 24.4 ) 1.5 ( 34.7 ) 10.4 ( 50.7 ) 18.4 ( 65.1 ) 21.7 ( 71.1 ) 23.1 ( 73.6 ) 21.5 ( 70.7 ) 15.4 ( 59.7 ) 8.2 ( 46.8 ) 1.1 ( 34 ) − 3.5 ( 25.7 ) 8.9 ( 48 ) Daily mean ° C ( ° F ) − 9.3 ( 15.3 ) − 7.7 ( 18.1 ) − 2.2 ( 28 ) 5.8 ( 42.4 ) 13.1 ( 55.6 ) 16.6 ( 61.9 ) 18.2 ( 64.8 ) 16.4 ( 61.5 ) 11.1 ( 52 ) 5.1 ( 41.2 ) − 1.2 ( 29.8 ) − 6.1 ( 21 ) 5.0 ( 41 ) Average low ° C ( ° F ) − 12.3 ( 9.9 ) − 11.1 ( 12 ) − 5.6 ( 21.9 ) 1.7 ( 35.1 ) 7.6 ( 45.7 ) 11.5 ( 52.7 ) 13.5 ( 56.3 ) 12.0 ( 53.6 ) 7.1 ( 44.8 ) 2.1 ( 35.8 ) − 3.3 ( 26.1 ) − 8.6 ( 16.5 ) ( 34.2 ) Record low ° C ( ° F ) − 42.2 ( − 44 ) − 38.2 ( − 36.8 ) − 32.4 ( − 26.3 ) − 21 ( − 6 ) − 7.5 ( 18.5 ) − 2.3 ( 27.9 ) 1.3 ( 34.3 ) − 1.2 ( 29.8 ) − 8.5 ( 16.7 ) − 16.1 ( 3 ) − 32.8 ( − 27 ) − 38.8 ( − 37.8 ) − 42.2 ( − 44 ) Average precipitation mm ( inches ) 52 ( 2.05 ) 41 ( 1.61 ) 35 ( 1.38 ) 37 ( 1.46 ) 51 ( 2.01 ) 80 ( 3.15 ) 85 ( 3.35 ) 82 ( 3.23 ) 68 ( 2.68 ) 71 ( 2.8 ) 54 ( 2.13 ) 51 ( 2.01 ) 713 ( 28.07 ) Average rainy days 0.8 0.7 9 13 14 15 15 15 12 6 105.5 Average snowy days 18 15 9 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 10 17 72.2 Average relative humidity ( % ) 83 80 74 67 64 70 74 77 81 81 84 85 77 Mean monthly sunshine hours 33 72 128 170 265 279 271 238 147 78 32 18 1,731 Source : hide Climate data for Moscow, 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 ) 19.7 ( 67.5 ) 28.9 ( 84 ) 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 ) 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 : Type of precipitation Annual course of temperature at All - Russia Exhibition Centre Most precipitation in Moscow falls as rain, but in winter months almost all precipitation falls as snow, forming firm snow cover. The last wet snow precipitation may be in the beginning of May, and it may restart at the end of September. Type of precipitation Jan ( days ) Feb ( days ) Mar ( days ) Apr ( days ) May ( days ) Jun ( days ) Jul ( days ) Aug ( days ) Sep ( days ) Oct ( days ) Nov ( days ) Dec ( days ) year ( days ) snow 20 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 10 18 79 mixed 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 7 41 rain 10 12 14 14 14 15 12 6 103 Snow cover Snow cover ( averaging 3 -- 5 months per year ) is formed at the beginning of November and melts in beginning of April, but in recent years snow cover has lasted shorter than usual. For example, in the winter of 2006 -- 2007 the snow cover did n't form until the end of January, and melted at the beginning of March ; in 2007 -- 2008, the snow cover melted at the end of February, and in the 2008 -- 2009 winter, snow cover did n't form until the end of December, which is one month later than usual. Yet in 2011 - 2012 it melted in the middle of April. month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec number of days 31 28 28 - - - - - 16 28 height ( cm ) 26 35 29 - - - - - - 13 max. height ( cm ) 63 72 78 61 - - - - - 19 25 45 Wind Speed of wind The average wind speed is very high. In the city it is near 5 to 20 metres per second ; in open places and airports it may top 6 metres per second. Wind storms and tornadoes A few times per season, often in the May -- September period during thunderstorms, wind speed may exceed 15 -- 35 metres per second. The last powerful wind storm was in 1998, when wind speed was 30 -- 35 metres per second. 157 persons were injured, 8 died, and 2157 buildings were damaged. Tornadoes were recorded in 1904 and 1945 in Moscow and in 1970, 1971, the 1984 Yaroslavl tornado, 1987, 1994, and 1997 in Moscow Oblast 100 km south - east from Moscow ( near Zaraysk ), in 2005 in Dubna, and on 3 August 2007 in Krasnogorsk. In the 3 June 2009 tornado, F3 registered near Sergiyev Posad, Moscow oblast. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec year 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.3 Сloudiness and day light Church of the Theotokos of Blachernae in Kuzminki at dusk ( 03 : 11 UTC + 4, 26 June 2013 ) Number of clear, cloudy and overcast days On average Moscow has 1731 hours of sunshine in a year. In 2004 -- 2008, near 1800 -- 2000 hours. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec year Clear ( sunshine ) 8 9 10 8 11 7 8 10 8 5 82 Partial sunshine 11 10 13 17 16 20 20 17 16 13 9 10 184 Cloudy ( overcast ) 12 9 9 5 6 12 18 17 98 Daylight, average number of hours / day Duration of daylight depends on geographical position of Moscow. It varies from 7 hours 00 minutes on December 22 to 17 hours 34 minutes on June 22. The maximum height of the sun above the horizon is 11 ° on 22 December and 58 ° on 22 June. Near the day of the summer solstice ( June 22 ), the sun does not fall below − 12 °. Thus the astronomical twilight does not occur in this period. Thus, the astronomical night does not come. Nevertheless, such lighting is not enough for normal human activity, so the streets need artificial illumination, and it is believed that there are no so - called white nights in Moscow, although the sky remains dark blue, and not black, as, for example, in southern Russia. Hours Jan ( hours ) Feb ( hours ) Mar ( hours ) Apr ( hours ) May ( hours ) Jun ( hours ) Jul ( hours ) Aug ( hours ) Sep ( hours ) Oct ( hours ) Nov ( hours ) Dec ( hours ) Day 7.9 9.7 11.9 14.3 16.3 17.4 16.8 14.9 12.7 10.5 8.4 7.2 Night 16.1 14.3 12.1 9.7 7.7 6.6 7.2 9.1 11.3 13.5 15.6 16.8 See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Climate of Moscow. 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Question: when does it start to snow in moscow
Answer: the beginning of November