Meteorological winter in Kyiv began ten days earlier than usual - observatory

Meteorological winter in Kyiv came ten days earlier than the average long-term date, according to the at the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Borys Sreznevsky, UNN reports .

According to the observations of the weather station of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, the average air temperature for the season in Kyiv was +11.4°C, which is 2.7°C higher than the average long-term values,

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This year's fall autumn ranked second among the warmest since 1881 in the capital. There were 5 temperature records and one record for precipitation were recorded.

All fall months were warmer than usual, especially September, which had the the largest positive deviation of 3.9°C.

It is noted that the coldest calendar fall of 2023 in Kyiv was on November 23, when the minimum t⁰ in the morning dropped to 6.8 degrees Celsius, and the warmest was on September 24 September, when the maximum t⁰ in the afternoon reached +29.1°C. In September-November, 172 mm of precipitation fell in Kyiv, which is 115% of the of the climatic norm.

Steady the transition of the average daily t⁰ of the air through 0°C towards a decrease occurred in Kyiv on November 19 November, indicating the beginning of the meteorological winter in the capital, which came ten days earlier than the long-term average.