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.
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 |
Transportation
editChekunda 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
editChekunda 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
37.1 (98.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−23.3 (−9.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
−24.8 (−12.6) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −38.2 (−36.8) |
−33.7 (−28.7) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
−34.7 (−30.5) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
| 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) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−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) | 6.4 (0.25) |
5.9 (0.23) |
9.7 (0.38) |
31.4 (1.24) |
63.6 (2.50) |
107.7 (4.24) |
145.6 (5.73) |
150.7 (5.93) |
84.6 (3.33) |
33.9 (1.33) |
18.1 (0.71) |
10.6 (0.42) |
668.2 (26.29) |
| 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
edit- ^ "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.