However, on Monday in the capital meteorological winter. Her arrival was delayed by 22 days relative to the climatic norm.

This was reported on Tuesday, December 19 at the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky. So, according to the weather forecasters on December 18, the average daily air temperature at the meteorological station of the observatory was 0.5 degrees and, according to the forecasts of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, negative air temperature values ??will last until the end of the week.

A steady decline in the average daily temperature below zero indicates the beginning of the meteorological winter, which this year came to the capital 19 days after last year's. At the same time earlier winter to Kiev came only on October 20 in 1920, and later - on December 29 in 2015. The observatory also recalled that the average daily temperature in Kiev on this day was plus 6.1, which means that for the first time in 136 years of regular meteorological observations, the indicators exceeded the six-degree value.

Scientists also noted that such a temperature according to the climatic norm corresponds to October 25.

The previous temperature record for this day, exactly 6 degrees with a plus sign, was set 11 years ago.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, September 21, in Kiev broke another temperature record. On that day, the thermometer rose to plus 28.3 degrees. This is 0.3 degrees higher than the previous historical value for this date.