The mercury climbs like an overambitious mountaineer, settling stubbornly at +32°C, while the wind—absent as a truant schoolboy—leaves the air thick and listless. Moscow and St. Petersburg brace for a week (2–8 June) where the sun reigns supreme, though not without the occasional mutiny of clouds and thunder.
The capital will simmer rather than boil, with daytime temperatures hovering between 21–26°C—a modest reprieve from last week’s furnace. By Thursday, thermometers flirt with 27°C, but nights offer cooler whispers at 8–13°C early in the week, inching up to 11–16°C later. The wind, capricious as a cat, shifts from west to near-stillness, then back again, never exceeding a lethargic 11 m/s.
Rain, when it comes, will be fleeting—a tease rather than a deluge. Atmospheric pressure dips midweek like a hesitant diver, settling at 745–747 mmHg. It’s weather that demands iced tea and shaded benches, where even asphalt seems to sigh underfoot.
Further north, St. Petersburg wears its heat like a too-tight sweater: uncomfortable but bearable. Days peak at a modest 14–20°C, with nights cooling to 9–12°C. Here, rain is less an interruption and more a recurring character—drizzly, persistent, occasionally dramatic with thunderstorms. Winds, initially southern, pivot west like a weathervane in a debate, gusting weakly at 3–6 m/s before mustering slightly more vigor by weekend.
This week’s heat pales against the specters of past extremes:
Yet history also whispers of chillier rebellions: in 1881, Moscow shivered at -1.8°C on 2 June, while St. Petersburg’s coldest snap (0°C in 1930) feels like a distant fairy tale today.
This week won’t rewrite records—just nudge them with damp shoulders and sunburned cheeks. Carry an umbrella, but don’t expect a storm. The sky, it seems, can’t decide whether to weep or yawn.
