Russians are already used to abnormal weather. In recent years, the heat has broken all records recorded in the last 100 years. The weather news reported that in its entire history, the hottest summer in Russia was in 2010. However, some regions of Russia in the summer of 2014 also experienced unprecedented heat, especially its central part. Since the beginning of August, the degree mark has reached the highest - red - danger level.
Regions experiencing extreme heat
In 2010, abnormal weather came to Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The Central and Volga districts became the hottest in August. The heat was observed in the south of the country and the North Caucasus. Kursk and Voronezh survived the average daily air temperature exceeding the climatic norm by 7 degrees. The mercury column showed 36 degrees above zero.
Anomalies even touched the north of Yakutia and the Arctic islands, where people have not seen such heat in history. Here the air temperature exceeded the average daily climatic norm by 3 degrees. InhabitantsSakha Republic observed 38 degrees Celsius in the shade! These figures are not far from the extreme. In the lower reaches of the Kolyma, the air warmed up to 25 degrees.
Primorye, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands… The Far Eastern District also became the hottest in August 2010.
Above 30 degrees was in the European part, according to the Hydrometeorological Center, these are the highest marks in the history of observations. In July, a mark of 40 degrees was recorded in the Volga region, Tatarstan, Karelia, Komi, Kuban, Bashkiria, Stavropol, the North Caucasus, Kalmykia and other regions.
What happened in Moscow
In Moscow, temperature records over the past years have been broken dozens of times. The Russian capital was in the lead, leaving behind Cyprus, Israel and Egypt - countries that are warmer. Here, for 33 days in a row, the temperature was abnormally high. The most impressive achievement was the rise of the mercury column to 38.2 degrees Celsius on July 28. The water in the Moscow River warmed up to almost 30 degrees, which is higher than on the Crimean coast.
In the hottest summer in Russia in 2010, 40 degrees in the shade was observed in the Moscow region, which is 5 degrees higher than the record of 1951.
How can these abnormally high temperatures be explained?
There are many versions of the anomalous summer of 2010. The involvement of this person is still unclear. There is an opinion that the cause was space - increased solar activity, the coincidence in 2010 of the amplitudes of the solar and lunar cycles.
The hydrometeorological center of Russia claims that cyclic fluctuations in the earth's atmosphere have manifested themselves, one of the reasons for which is called the tidal effect of the moon. In addition, the ozone content in the upper atmosphere has sharply decreased. As you know, it is ozone that protects the planet from excessive heating by the sun's rays. Due to all these reasons, the weather in Russia has changed. Winters have become even more severe, and the summer months are characterized by unprecedented heat.
Unfavorable changes are observed not only in temperature, but also in other "genres" of weather. For example, in 2010, only 90 mm of precipitation fell, while in 2002 - 24 mm, which is again a record. Moreover, precipitation fell very unevenly. In the central part of Russia, there was no rain at all for 2 months, and then torrential downpours hit the ground, again causing cataclysms.
Climatic weapon?
The idea of using climate weapons against Russia is being actively discussed among scientists and the military and the population.
The US HAARP station, launched in 1997, is located in Alaska. This is a huge field with an area of 14 hectares. 180 antennas and 360 radio transmitters 22 meters high are placed on all surfaces. It is known that 250 million dollars were spent on the arrangement of the "field". Officially, the northern lights are being studied here, but the station is controlled not by scientists, but by the military.
Some experts (in Europe, Asia) believe that this is a formidable climate weapon that can cause not only abnormal heat, but also typhoons,tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions. In support of their hypotheses, they cite world statistics, according to which, since 1997, the planet has been shaken by the most powerful natural disasters that have claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Consequences of heat
As a result of the heat, the concentration of harmful substances in the air has increased several times. It was hard for people to breathe. The hydrometeorological center of Russia reported that the situation was complicated by the lack of precipitation, which had a minimal amount.
According to statistics, a lot of people became victims of the heat, especially those over 50 years old. The cores, hypertensive patients, asthmatics, and diabetics suffered greatly. Due to poor he alth, their bodies could not cope with extreme temperatures, resulting in many crises. Most exacerbations were fatal, some suffocated in their sleep.
As a result of the heat, smog and fires swept Russia. The fire was recorded at 22 objects in 134 settlements, more than 2,000 houses burned down and 60 people died. It was difficult in Ryazan, Vladimir, Sverdlovsk, Mordovia, Mari El. In the second half of July, weather stations recorded a smoky atmosphere, by the end of the month the situation worsened even more. Because of the fires, the US State Department imposed a restriction on entry into Russia.
Numerous forest fires have become a serious consequence of the heat, as a result of which hundreds of hectares of forest have been destroyed.
Statistics
The hottest summer in Russia in 2010 wasthe first in 130 years. There is a version that anomalous weather has a certain periodicity and repeats every 35 years due to the ebb and flow of the moon. The hot year was 1938, then 1972. You can continue - 2010, although the interval exceeded 38 years. Weather statistics in Moscow since 1938 show that the average daily temperature has risen by 5-7 degrees in the summer, and this is observed constantly, every season.
If we take the statistics of the average air temperature in Moscow, the weather has changed significantly over 10 years. In 2002, the average temperature in July was 21 degrees, and in 2012 - 23 degrees. The average daily maximum was recorded in 2010 - 26 degrees Celsius, which is 4 degrees higher than in previous years. In August of the same year, the average temperature was 22 degrees, which is 2 degrees higher than in 1938-2011.
The hottest summer in Russia is yet to come
However, the summer of 2011 brought Russia new records. For 50 years, such heat has not been seen in Tomsk, the Volga region. The population is almost used to the mark of 40 degrees above zero.
St. Petersburg observed an excess of average temperatures over the absolute maximum recorded in 2010. The beginning of July was the hottest in the history of the northern capital; on July 2, with a mercury column of 31 degrees, it broke all records over the past 100 years. According to statistics, the temperature rose to 30 degrees in 1907.
A new record was set in Volgograd and Astrakhan. The mark exceeded 43 degrees. Krasnodar, which in principle is considered a hot region in Russia, also distinguished itself. However, in 2011, the capital of the region became a record holder with an excess of the average daily norm by 12 degrees.
After 2010, the hottest summer in Russia was in 2012. It has become historical. In the village of Utta in Kalmykia, the mark exceeded by 5.5 degrees the highest temperature recorded in this place. Residents are already accustomed to such heat and are ready for the new summer season, although for many, especially asthmatics and people with heart disease, the abnormal summer has become a serious test in terms of he alth.
What's ahead? Will the earth turn into an oven?
According to the hydrometeorological center, this is not the limit. Weather statistics over the years suggests that global warming is actively on the rise. However, no one can say with certainty what this is connected with. In 30-40 years, such heat in Russia may become the norm.
What's ahead of us? There is no single answer, because the opinions of weather forecasters vary greatly. The fact that warming awaits us in the next 10 years, and the weather in Russia is changing, no one doubts. The periodicity is no longer valid, because the anomalies are repeated almost every year lately. Scientists from NASA assure that the abnormal weather in Russia and could be repeated in the coming year.
Meteorologists are able to give a weather forecast for a maximum of a couple of weeks, but no one can say for sure what will happen in six months.
