Studying Summer Season Drought in Western Russia

Table 2

Summers that were generally dry over Western Russia (Moscow and Belgorod regions). The data shown here are for the Moscow region. Normal precipitation is 126 mm, 242 mm, and 705 mm for the spring, summer, and year, respectively. The number of events, days, and intensity is shown for February–August/summer months.

Year	ENSO trans	Blocking events	Days	Intensity	Spring precipitation (mm)	Summer precipitation (mm)	Annual precipitation (mm)
1972	LA–EL	6/3	51/36	3.31/2.68	168.0	126.0	529.0
1975	LA–LA	6/2	39/14	2.81/2.11	76.0	245.0	559.0
2002	Neu–EL	7/4	68/41	2.50/2.22	60.8	94.8	540.5
2003	EL–Neu	4/1	57/32	2.49/1.77	108.3	291.0	701.2
2010	EL–LA	6/3	88/48	2.46/2.21	112.0	142.0	602.0
Average		5.8/2.6	61/34	2.72/2.27	139.4	179.8	586.4