St. Petersburg weekend weather: Storm Felicia brings rain and wind

Storm Felicia, a North Atlantic cyclone, is bringing rain and wind to St. Petersburg this weekend, 10–11 October. Saturday will be the wet, windy and coldest day, with daytime highs of +8…+10 °C and local gusts of up to 15 m/s. Sunday looks calmer and milder, up to +10…+12 °C with only scattered showers. The simple plan: spend Saturday indoors and save long walks for Sunday.

The forecast day by day

German meteorologists named the cyclone Felicia, according to Mikhail Leus of the Fobos weather centre. On Friday the city sits in its warm sector; colder northern air arrives on Saturday. The figures below come from the St. Petersburg Hydrometeorological Centre forecast published on 9 October.

• Friday, 9 October. +12…+14 °C, rain from early afternoon until evening, south-easterly wind turning south-westerly and rising to 7–12 m/s. Pressure falls to 741 mm Hg, well below normal.
• Saturday, 10 October. Cloudy, rain overnight and light rain during the day. Westerly to north-westerly wind, moderate, locally gusting to strong. Night +7…+9 °C, day +8…+10 °C.
• Sunday, 11 October. Cloudy with sunny spells, light rain overnight and only locally during the day. Light south-easterly to easterly wind. Night +5…+7 °C, day +10…+12 °C.
• Monday, 12 October. Rain again, locally heavy.

Forecaster Alexander Kolesov says Saturday may become the coldest day of the autumn so far: daytime temperatures have not yet dropped below +10 °C.

The wind warning for Saturday

The St. Petersburg branch of the Emergencies Ministry warned of local gusts of up to 15 m/s on 10 October. Its advice:

• do not park under trees or next to loosely fixed structures;
• keep away from billboards, scaffolding and buildings with unstable roofs;
• avoid standing under trees and on bridges or overpasses during gusts.

It has been a windy week: on 6 October gusts brought down trees and the Neva rose to 122 cm, the highest level of 2026. As of 9 October there was no official flood warning for the weekend. The ministry's 24-hour hotline is +7 812 299-99-99.

Bridges, boats and parks

We found no official announcement of weather-related changes to the bridge-raising schedule as of 9 October; check the schedule before a late night out. There are also no reports of river cruises being cancelled because of Felicia, but the operator decides on the day, so confirm your Saturday sailing in the morning or move it to Sunday. Parks are best left for Sunday too, since the emergency service advises staying away from trees in strong wind.

A rainy Saturday plan

Head out around midday, when the rain should ease, and take the metro to one big museum for three to four hours: the Hermitage, the Russian Museum or the Kunstkamera. Check opening hours on the museum's website first. Our guide to what to do in St. Petersburg in the rain has more ideas, and if a downpour catches you outside, see our plan for a day of heavy rain. For the evening, pick from museums open until 9 pm, and in between drop into one of the places from our list of where to warm up.

Sunday: the window for walks

With lighter wind, sunny spells and up to +12 °C, Sunday afternoon is the best time for embankments and gardens, now in yellow autumn colours. Choose a central route such as the Mikhailovsky Garden, the Moika and the Field of Mars, where shelter is never far, and still carry an umbrella.

In short

Move park walks and boat trips from Saturday to Sunday, plan a museum day for Saturday, avoid parking under trees on 10 October and check the latest forecast on Saturday morning.

Checked on 9 October 2026.

Cover photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, Викисклад