Overview

• Temperatures fell to −3.4°C in the Moscow region overnight, with the lowest reading recorded in Cherusti, the area’s frequent cold spot.
• Hydrometcenter projects the next night will bring −1 to +4°C across the region, with Moscow at +2 to +4°C and a chance of light rain in places.
• Daytime weather remains comparatively mild and dry under a high-pressure pattern, reaching about +11 to +14°C in the capital and up to +15°C across the area.
• Hydrometcenter’s Roman Vilfand forecasts nighttime freezes across much of European Russia in the coming days, locally down to −5°C in several central regions and to −4°C in the Moscow area.
• The federal weather service also signals a winter that could be colder than last year, while Vladivostok set a same‑date heat record on October 2 at +23.5°C, underscoring stark regional contrasts.