Atka Атка | |
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.jpg) Atka in 2011 | |
Location of Atka  | |
  Atka Location of Atka Show map of Russia Atka Atka (Magadan Oblast) Show map of Magadan Oblast | |
| Coordinates:60°50′10″N151°47′30″E / 60.83611°N 151.79167°E /60.83611; 151.79167 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Magadan Oblast |
| Administrative district | Khasynsky District |
| Elevation | 884 m (2,900 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 485 |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 686114 |
| OKTMO ID | 44719000056 |
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Atka (Russian:Атка) is anurban locality (anurban-type settlement) inKhasynsky District ofMagadan Oblast,Russia, located on theKolyma Highway, 199 kilometers (124 mi) by road north of theoblast'sadministrative centerMagadan. Population:485 (2010 Census);[1]604 (2002 Census);[4]2,648 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
The sources of theYama are near Atka and theMaltan river flows northwards to the west of the town. TheMaymandzhin Range rises above the northern and eastern sides.[6] Atka is on the same longitude as theSydney, Australia, both lying on the151st meridian.
It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1953.
Atka has asubarctic climate (Köppen climate classificationDfc), with cool, humid summers and severe to extreme winters.
| Climate data for Atka | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.4 (84.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | 31.1 (88.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −26.9 (−16.4) | −23.7 (−10.7) | −17.2 (1.0) | −7.1 (19.2) | 4.0 (39.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.6 (63.7) | 14.9 (58.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | −6.9 (19.6) | −20.1 (−4.2) | −26.0 (−14.8) | −5.8 (21.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −30.6 (−23.1) | −28.2 (−18.8) | −23.2 (−9.8) | −13.2 (8.2) | −0.2 (31.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 1.7 (35.1) | −12.2 (10.0) | −24.7 (−12.5) | −30.1 (−22.2) | −10.9 (12.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −34.3 (−29.7) | −32.8 (−27.0) | −29.1 (−20.4) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −6.0 (21.2) | 1.7 (35.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | −17.5 (0.5) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −34.2 (−29.6) | −16.4 (2.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −53.9 (−65.0) | −53.9 (−65.0) | −51.1 (−60.0) | −37.8 (−36.0) | −28.9 (−20.0) | −9.6 (14.7) | −6.1 (21.0) | −11.1 (12.0) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −43.9 (−47.0) | −55.0 (−67.0) | −57.8 (−72.0) | −57.8 (−72.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 21.1 (0.83) | 23.3 (0.92) | 31.3 (1.23) | 71.6 (2.82) | 74.4 (2.93) | 77.4 (3.05) | 97.7 (3.85) | 70.5 (2.78) | 88.6 (3.49) | 59.8 (2.35) | 41.3 (1.63) | 24.9 (0.98) | 681.9 (26.86) |
| Source: climatebase.ru[7] | |||||||||||||
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