Variable Easter Weather by Tomasz Schafernaker
Extremely heavy snowfall and unusually low temperatures affected Russia yesterday, as Muscovites celebrated the Easter period.
Meteorologists say that this is the heaviest Easter snowfall in Moscow for many years. One tourist said it was normally warm at this time of year ‘but now it is very cold on the eve of Easter.’
Unusual snowy weather also occurred in North Texas as light snow flurries fell on Saturday morning. The last time spring snow fell here was April 1938, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) records. On Saturday the maximum temperature in Amarillo was -2C (28F) when the long-term average is 21C (70F).
In Washington D.C. visitors to the capital awoke to see cherry blossoms coated with snow on Saturday. This bitter weather is due to frigid air from Canada feeding much further south than is normal at this time of year.
Meanwhile many parts of the U.K. will enjoy Easter with temperatures above average and a forecast high in Central London of 20C (68F). However snow is not unheard of; in fact it is more likely to snow at Easter than it is at Christmas. The most widespread and disruptive Easter snow fell in eastern Britain in 1983.
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