St. Petersburg dark, but warmer than usual

City had 2.5 hours of sunlight in December, sprinkled over four days.

However: “Despite the month-long darkness, 2019 was among the warmest years on record, the 78.ru news channel quoted St. Petersburg’s chief forecaster Alexander Kolesnikov as saying.”

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/12/31/st-petersburg-sunlight-december-a68790