Saturday and Sunday saw near record rainfalls, Interfax reported the weather forecasting service as saying.
The weather monitoring station at the All-Russia Exhibition Center recorded 47mm of rain over the two days, which was 72 percent of September’s normal total rainfall.
The Moscow region saw even more rain, with some areas exceeding the normal total September average. Forecasters do not foresee any let up in the rainfall until Sept. 17 at the earliest.