Khatanga, Russia
| Khatanga (English) Хатанга (Russian) | |
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.svg.png) Location of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia | |
  Khatanga | |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2002 Census) | 2,450 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+08:00)[2] |
Khatanga (Russian: Хатанга) is a rural locality (a selo) located on the Khatanga River, on the Taymyr Peninsula, in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, south of the Arctic Ocean. It is one of the northernmost inhabited localities in Russia. Its elevation is 98 feet (30 m) above sea level. Population: 3,450 (2002 Census).
The name Khatanga means "large water" in the local Evenki language. The locality is known to have existed since the 17th century. It is served by the Khatanga Airport.
Khatanga is sometimes visited by Western sightseers touring the surrounding natural wilderness in Siberia. Amenities in Khatanga include an airport, a hotel, a natural history museum, and weather reporting stations.
Khatanga is relatively close to the Popigai crater, an asteroid crater and geological formation located in northern Siberia. The crater has been noted since September 2012 as the potential source of a significant new global supply of industrial diamonds.
Climate
Khatanga has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with short, mild summers and bitterly cold winters. Precipitation is quite low, but is somewhat heavier in summer, when it falls mostly as rain, than in the rest of the year, when it falls mostly as snow.
| Climate data for Khatanga | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
36.7 (98.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
2.2 (36) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
36.7 (98.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −27.6 (−17.7) |
−27.7 (−17.9) |
−21 (−6) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−2.2 (28) |
9.9 (49.8) |
17.2 (63) |
13.7 (56.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−8.27 (17.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−26.1 (−15) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−24.6 (−12.3) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
−12.44 (9.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −35.5 (−31.9) |
−35.3 (−31.5) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
−22.5 (−8.5) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−28.3 (−18.9) |
−33.4 (−28.1) |
−16.24 (2.78) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −59 (−74) |
−55.9 (−68.6) |
−52.4 (−62.3) |
−42.9 (−45.2) |
−30.9 (−23.6) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−39.9 (−39.8) |
−51 (−60) |
−58.7 (−73.7) |
−59 (−74) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 14 (0.55) |
11 (0.43) |
14 (0.55) |
14 (0.55) |
17 (0.67) |
29 (1.14) |
41 (1.61) |
43 (1.69) |
31 (1.22) |
29 (1.14) |
21 (0.83) |
19 (0.75) |
283 (11.13) |
| Avg. rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 72.9 |
| Avg. snowy days | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 176.2 |
| % humidity | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 77.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 0.0 | 23.0 | 151.0 | 267.0 | 264.0 | 262.0 | 308.0 | 195.0 | 88.0 | 43.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1,604 |
| Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[4] | |||||||||||||
References
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- ↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ "Pogoda.ru.net - Climate Data for Hatanga" (in Russian). Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ↑ "Hatanga Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 18, 2013.