[Vision2020] Moscow July/August Record Lows Freezing Or Below...But Snow?

[Ted Moffett]

There is no month of the year in Moscow when you can count on not having
freezing temperatures.
Some record lows for Moscow in July/August, the warmest months of the year,
given below.

What I wonder is, given these freezing or below freezing temperatures, isn't
it possible to have snow in July or August in Moscow?  I assume it is
possible, but very very unlikely, not because the temperatures don't ever go
low enough, but simply lack of precipitation.  I have never heard anyone
talk about snow in Moscow in July or August.  Snow in June, not so
surprising.  Early June sometimes resembles March...

On July 18, 1939, Moscow had a low of 27 F.:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/daily/83843?climoMonth=7


18
5:13 AM 8:35 PM 84°F 49°F 66°F 103°F (1960)

27°F (1939)

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Moscow August temperatures:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/daily/83843?climoMonth=8

Freezing or below freezing Moscow temperatures in August for Moscow:

30 F. August 16, 1935
32 F. August 20, 1945
30 F. August 25, 1980
30 F. August 29, 1937
32 F. August 30, 1980


  1 5:29 AM 8:19 PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 100°F (1971) 36°F (1968)  2 5:30 AM 8:18
PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 102°F (1961) 36°F (1897)  3 5:31 AM 8:16 PM 85°F
50°F 68°F 104°F
(1961) 34°F (2002)  4 5:32 AM 8:15 PM 86°F 50°F 68°F 109°F (1961) 38°F
(1950)  5 5:34 AM 8:13 PM 86°F 50°F 68°F 108°F (1961) 34°F (1894)  6 5:35 AM
8:12 PM 86°F 50°F 68°F 99°F (1905) 34°F (1969)  7 5:36 AM 8:10 PM 85°F 50°F
68°F 98°F (1898) 35°F (1988)  8 5:38 AM 8:09 PM 85°F 50°F 68°F 101°F
(1972) 36°F
(1897)  9 5:39 AM 8:07 PM 85°F 50°F 67°F 100°F (1972) 33°F (1897)  10 5:40
AM 8:06 PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 100°F (1898) 38°F (1947)  11 5:41 AM 8:04 PM 85°F
49°F 67°F 98°F (1971) 36°F (1991)  12 5:43 AM 8:03 PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 101°F
(2001) 38°F (1966)  13 5:44 AM 8:01 PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 100°F (1994) 36°F
(1974)  14 5:45 AM 7:59 PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 100°F (1992) 37°F (1964)  15 5:46
AM 7:58 PM 85°F 49°F 67°F 99°F (1901) 35°F (1935)  16 5:48 AM 7:56 PM 85°F
49°F 67°F 99°F (1933) 30°F (1935)  17 5:49 AM 7:54 PM 84°F 49°F 67°F 99°F
(1931) 34°F (1946)  18 5:50 AM 7:53 PM 84°F 49°F 67°F 98°F (1903) 34°F
(1895)  19 5:51 AM 7:51 PM 84°F 49°F 66°F 102°F (1961) 35°F (1980)  20 5:53
AM 7:49 PM 84°F 49°F 66°F 100°F (1961) 32°F (1945)  21 5:54 AM 7:47 PM 84°F
48°F 66°F 99°F (2006) 33°F (1895)  22 5:55 AM 7:46 PM 83°F 48°F 66°F 101°F
(1961) 34°F (1895)  23 5:57 AM 7:44 PM 83°F 48°F 66°F 99°F (1970) 36°F
(1895)  24 5:58 AM 7:42 PM 83°F 48°F 65°F 100°F (1966) 33°F (1992)  25 5:59
AM 7:40 PM 83°F 48°F 65°F 98°F (1958) 30°F (1980)  26 6:00 AM 7:38 PM 82°F
48°F 65°F 98°F (1996) 33°F (1993)  27 6:02 AM 7:36 PM 82°F 47°F 65°F 98°F
(1929) 33°F (1962)  28 6:03 AM 7:34 PM 82°F 47°F 64°F 97°F (2006) 36°F
(1902)  29 6:04 AM 7:33 PM 81°F 47°F 64°F 98°F (1929) 30°F (1937)  30 6:05
AM 7:31 PM 81°F 47°F 64°F 98°F (1929) 32°F (1980)  31 6:07 AM 7:29 PM 81°F
47°F 64°F 100°F (1967) 35°F (1942)
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