The

first snowdrops were spotted in

Transcarpathia .

The photo of the first flowers was published on the Facebook social network by Yozhef Molnar, "Pershii Kabelny" reports.

According to the author of the photos, the photo was taken in Svaliva on January 1.

photo / Jozef Molnar

Local mass media note that on the first day of the new year it was unusually warm in Zakarpattia.

Transcarpathians also add photos of the first flowering of this year in different areas of the region in the comments.

photo / social networks

Record warm beginning of January

In Kyiv, the weather is warm for the second day in a row, which is completely unusual for January.

According to experts, the weather outside is typical for mid-April.

In the capital's Osokorki, Kyivites even

noticed butterflies, and cherry blossoms bloomed in Natalka Park.

We will remind, 

another temperature record was set

on the first day of the new year .

On January 1, in Kyiv for the first time in 143 years of observations, the average daily air temperature was +10.3°C, which is 4.4°C higher than the record temperature value for this day in 2021.

Climatic surprises appeared in different parts of Ukraine.

The grass has started to turn green on the streets, residents of Vinnytsia share

photos with snowdrops and green periwinkles in the forest

.

In some places, flowers began to bloom on the cherry trees.

However, such warm weather will not last long, because according to forecasts,

strong frosts are coming to Ukraine for Christmas

(

according

to the Julian calendar).

Subzero temperatures in the air will turn precipitation into snow.

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