The weather forecaster called March 2026 the warmest in recent decades in the Russian Federation.

March 2026 is likely to be the warmest in recent decades in Russia. This was announced on March 23 by Lyudmila Parshina, a leading specialist at the Hydrometeorological Center.

"After the remaining eight days, it will be possible to officially say that this March has overtaken March 2007 in terms of indicators and has become the warmest in the history of meteorological observations," the forecaster told RIA Novosti.

According to her, this month has already exceeded the previous record by almost a degree, and if the current trend continues, the new maximum will be officially recorded.

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An extreme situation is possible in the Ryazan and Penza regions, as well as in Tatarstan and Mordovia.

Earlier that day, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recognized the past decade as the warmest in the 176-year history of observations on land and in the ocean.

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