Yerbogachen Ербогачен | |
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| Coordinates:61°16′N108°1′E / 61.267°N 108.017°E /61.267; 108.017 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,965 |
| • Capital of | Katangsky District[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 666610 |
| OKTMO ID | 25616404101 |
| Website | erbogachen |
Yerbogachen (Russian:Ербогачён), sometimes writtenErbogachen orErbogachene, is arural locality inIrkutsk Oblast,Russia, located on theNizhnyaya Tunguska River. It is the administrative center ofKatangsky District. Population:1,965 (2010 census);[1]
Yerbogachen is served byYerbogachen Airport, which offers limited flights to other cities in the region.[4]
Yerbogachen has asubarctic climate (Köppen climate classificationDfc). Winters are bitterly cold with average temperatures from −34.0 °C (−29.2 °F) to −23.9 °C (−11.0 °F) in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from 10.8 °C (51.4 °F) to 24.8 °C (76.6 °F) in July. Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.
Yerbogachen has a climate comparable to that ofSakha, and is probably one of the only locations outside Sakha with a temperature amplitude of 100 °C or 180 °F.
| Climate data for Yergobachen | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 3.6 (38.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 33.9 (93.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 35.8 (96.4) | 34.1 (93.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −23.9 (−11.0) | −17.5 (0.5) | −6.2 (20.8) | 3.2 (37.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | −0.5 (31.1) | −15.1 (4.8) | −24.2 (−11.6) | 0.6 (33.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −29.0 (−20.2) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −14.7 (5.5) | −3.4 (25.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 5.5 (41.9) | −4.6 (23.7) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −28.9 (−20.0) | −5.6 (21.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −34.0 (−29.2) | −31.7 (−25.1) | −23.1 (−9.6) | −10.7 (12.7) | −0.3 (31.5) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 7.4 (45.3) | 0.7 (33.3) | −8.7 (16.3) | −25.4 (−13.7) | −33.6 (−28.5) | −11.7 (10.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −61.2 (−78.2) | −59.5 (−75.1) | −53.3 (−63.9) | −43.2 (−45.8) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −8.6 (16.5) | −3.4 (25.9) | −6.9 (19.6) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −39.8 (−39.6) | −54.8 (−66.6) | −58.6 (−73.5) | −61.2 (−78.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) | 13 (0.5) | 14 (0.6) | 20 (0.8) | 28 (1.1) | 47 (1.9) | 51 (2.0) | 47 (1.9) | 39 (1.5) | 40 (1.6) | 29 (1.1) | 21 (0.8) | 366 (14.5) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88 |
| Average snowy days | 21 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 129.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 71 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 38 | 115 | 195 | 235 | 257 | 303 | 315 | 231 | 145 | 86 | 58 | 18 | 1,996 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[6] | |||||||||||||
