First 10-Days Of May In European-Russia The Coldest In History, As Unprecedented May Snow Hits Moscow; + "Good News: There Is NO Climate Crisis"

In 145-years of meteorological records, western Russia has never seen a colder first 10-days of May. Unprecedented snow has also fallen.

First 10-Days Of May In European-Russia The Coldest In History

According to the head of Russia’s national meteorological service, Roman Vilfand, the first 10-days of May in the European section of the country (all 3.969 million km² of it) will be recognized as "the coldest in the history of observations."

As reported yesterday, this region has endured three separate Arctic onslaughts so far this month, breaking long-standing May temperature records on each occasion.

Vilfand said the area has faced an onslaught of brutal air masses crashing south from the Arctic Ocean, rare for the time of year, which has seen the air temperature across western Russia hold some 10C below climatic norms.

This unprecedented May cold has forced Gazprom (a state-owned multinational energy corporation) to step up its energy supply. As per reports, consumers have been supplied record volumes of gas this month, levels comparable to winter.

"For ten days in a row —from May 3 to May 12— gas supplies from the Unified Gas Supply System of Russia (USG) have been higher than the previous record value," the company said in a statement — the old record of UGSS 827.6 million cubic meters of gas (set on May 5, 2022) has been bested by a new "absolute peak ... of 904.8 million cubic meters".

The resulting frost damage to crops is also of concern, and was discussed in Moscow this week.

Again as touched on yesterday, Russia's famed growing region, “Black Earth Belt,” has been hit hard, with monthly record low temperatures sweeping the area and large scale crop losses reported.

Ministries here have declared a state of emergency, including in the central regions of Lipetsk, Voronezh and Tambov where lows of -6C (21.2F) have been reported, unprecedented for May.

Rare snow has also been falling in these parts, even in Moscow.

On May 9, Russia's capital experienced snow for the very first time (for the date) in its climatic history. Around 5 cm (2 inches) settled in various parts of the city, according to official data, never before seen in Moscow's 145-year-old meteorological record.

That day's weather was remarkably cold, said Vilfand, akin to a March day. With an average temperature of just 1.7C (35F), last Thursday marked Moscow's coldest May 9 since 1972.