2018 Reports

Temporal and Spatial Variability of Moscow’s Urban Heat Island

Konstantinov, Pavel; Kukanova, Eugenia; Varentsov, Mikhail

In Moscow, analysis of meteorological observations from 2000–2012 revealed a pronounced urban heat island (UHI) with a mean annual intensity of 1.8 °C and significant seasonal and diurnal variability. The study highlighted how extreme heat during the 2010 heatwave, associated with substantial excess mortality, was amplified by urban heat island dynamics, with strongest nighttime and warm-season intensities, frequent extreme UHI events in winter, and spatial displacement of heat hotspots influenced by wind patterns.