Chekunda
Chekunda Чекунда | |
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Location of Chekunda | |
  Chekunda Location of Chekunda  Chekunda Chekunda (Khabarovsk Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′N 132°15′E / 50.867°N 132.250°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Verkhnebureinsky District |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 682090 |
| OKTMO ID | 08614410101 |
Chekunda (Russian: Чекунда) is a rural locality (a selo) in Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bureya River.
Transportation
Chekunda lies on a branch line that runs from Izvestkovy, on the Trans-Siberian Railway, to Chegdomyn. The line meets with the Baikal–Amur Mainline at Novy Urgal.
Climate
Chekunda has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with extreme variation in seasonal temperatures. The winters are extreme for a place located at this latitude and colder than many localities from further north. Indeed, Chekunda may be the coldest known location with a humid continental climate. The summers are warm to hot and just long enough to prevent a subarctic climate (Dwc) classification. Precipitation is heavily concentrated in the warmest months.
| Climate data for Chekunda | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 35.7 (96.3) | 37.1 (98.8) | 34.0 (93.2) | 30.1 (86.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | −0.3 (31.5) | 37.1 (98.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −23.7 (−10.7) | −15.0 (5.0) | −2.3 (27.9) | 9.6 (49.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 17.9 (64.2) | 6.8 (44.2) | −9.6 (14.7) | −23.4 (−10.1) | 4.6 (40.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −30.5 (−22.9) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −10.8 (12.6) | 2.0 (35.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 0.5 (32.9) | −15.4 (4.3) | −29.1 (−20.4) | −2.7 (27.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −35.6 (−32.1) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −19.2 (−2.6) | −4.8 (23.4) | 2.8 (37.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 11.8 (53.2) | 4.5 (40.1) | −4.8 (23.4) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −33.6 (−28.5) | −8.9 (16.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −52.2 (−62.0) | −49.3 (−56.7) | −46.0 (−50.8) | −26.5 (−15.7) | −8.4 (16.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | −0.9 (30.4) | −11.0 (12.2) | −24.6 (−12.3) | −44.1 (−47.4) | −51.6 (−60.9) | −52.2 (−62.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) | 7 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 28 (1.1) | 68 (2.7) | 96 (3.8) | 144 (5.7) | 128 (5.0) | 81 (3.2) | 42 (1.7) | 30 (1.2) | 12 (0.5) | 643 (25.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 140.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71.7 | 68.2 | 63.4 | 60.1 | 63.4 | 70.4 | 78.5 | 80.7 | 74.8 | 67.8 | 76.2 | 73.5 | 70.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 147 | 192 | 235 | 208 | 221 | 240 | 218 | 182 | 167 | 158 | 139 | 127 | 2,234 |
| Source: climatebase.ru (1936-2012)[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "Chekunda, Russia". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 25, 2013.