'New temperature records were repeatedly set throughout the month,' said Marina Makarova, from Russia's state weather service.
Scientists say that Russia, with its vast Arctic territories, is being particularly badly affected by climate change and is warming at around two times the rate of the rest of the planet.
Last year was the Russia's hottest year on record. The first six months of 2020 were also the warmest in the"history of instrumental weather observations" in the country, Roman Vilfand, the director of the Hydrometeorological Center, told Russian news website RBC in July. Vilfand said the country had experienced"extremely anomalous weather in June," with measuring stations recording"fantastical" anomalies—notably in the Russian Arctic.Stock image of Moscow, Russia. Scientists say the country has experienced its hottest September on record.Siberia—the vast region that accounts for around 77 percent of Russia's land area—is no stranger to climate extremes, regularly experiencing large temperature swings between summer and winter.
Experts say that the Earth has warmed by around 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, while the Arctic has warmed by 3.6 to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit in that same period, meaning abnormally high temperatures are more likely to occur in the region. "What climate change is doing is moving the distribution of weather events, such that historically low-frequency, extreme events occur more frequently. Had the climate not changed due to man-made greenhouse gases, the heat we've seen in parts of Siberia would have been a 100,000-year event," Parker said.
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