Задание

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The

climate of Moscow is temperate continental. The widespread notion of

Russia’s extremely 4 ___________ winter is hardly

true for Moscow: the city is located on 55th parallel north latitude, just like

Denmark or Northern Ireland where climates are by no means arctic. Geographically,

Moscow is much closer to Berlin than to Siberia. Both extreme touches

of frost (below -20 °C) and 5 ___________ heat (above 35 °C) in

Moscow are rare, but the weather is very unstable, especially in spring and

autumn: sunny days get interrupted by cold snaps and strong winds, snowy winter

days alternate with periods of thaw. On 6

___________, Moscow gets 700 mm of rainfall per year, most of it during summertime.

The average annual Moscow temperature is

+7 °C, wind speed — 2.3

m/s, air humidity — 76%.The

best time to visit Moscow is during late

spring, summer and early autumn months (May through the first

half of September) and winter (from mid-December till February). During these

months, the weather conditions are more 7

___________: it is easy to pick clothes for the trip and wet windy weather is rare.

average

general

point

medium