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Posted on Jul 29, 2010
AP / IgorYakunin

Locals have been escaping the record-breaking heat by jumping into fountains, but there’s no getting away from the smog, which could be as harmful as smoking multiple packs of cigarettes a day.

The Russian capital has suffered nearly 50 fires as Muscovites cope with the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the city. The BBC reports that it got up to 102 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday. Guess they won’t be needing those funny hats.

In case you were wondering, Wikipedia says the average high for July in Moscow is 73.8 degrees.

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Health experts say pollution levels in parts of the city are 10 times higher than normal safety limits and advise locals to stay indoors or wear masks.

A state of emergency has been declared in more than 20 drought-hit regions.

It is estimated a fifth of the country’s wheat crop has now died due to the lack of rain in what is thought to be the country’s worst drought for more than a century.

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By Inherit The Wind, July 31, 2010 at 9:52 pm Link to this comment

Yeah, up till now how hard was it to record weather there? “Not too cold”, “cold”, and “colder than a witch’s left ***..”

We were in St. Petersburg a few years back at the end of August and it was in the high 90’s!  Felt almost like a summer day here in Noo Joisey!

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By PatrickHenry, July 29, 2010 at 5:39 pm Link to this comment

Nothing funny about a sable hat in that winter environment.

I wonder what date they started recording weather in moscow?

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