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Summary Temperatures in Moscow hit a 26-year high for April, reaching about 24 degrees Celsius.
Thousands of Muscovites and city guests took to the streets of the Russian capital on Saturday to enjoy unseasonably warm weather which set the first temperature record in April this year and has beaten this days record for the last 26 years.The temperature reached the record high of more than 24 degrees Celsius, according to the Moscow meteorological service, exceeding the previous record which was registered in 1986.People on streets said they liked warmth as many of them were tired of a long and cold winter.I like it very much, we have been waiting for so long for it, and its very good that we have warm weather or even heat, Liliya Mangutova from the city of Kazan on the Volga said.Many came to the central Manezh square to enjoy their time near the fountains or on the grass in the Alexandrovsky garden outside Kremlin.Some said the heat was quite a surprise for them and believed it to be hotter than officially announced - even getting sunburned through the day.
