Sobolevo, Kamchatka Krai
Sobolevo (Russian: Соболево) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Sobolevsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Population: 1,773 (2010 Russian census); 1,893 (2002 Census); 2,922 (1989 Soviet census).
Climate
Sobolevo has a rare, dry-summer variant of subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dsc) with very long, frigid winters – although about 9 °C (16 °F) less cold than interior Siberia at the same latitude – and short, very mild summers. Precipitation is much higher than most subarctic climates and peaks in the autumn when the Sea of Okhotsk is still unfrozen and string onshore winds from the Siberian High and Aleutian Low are usual.
| Climate data for Sobolevo (Climate ID:32477) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.9 (35.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
4.9 (40.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.1 (41.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.4 (−46.1) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
−37.8 (−36.0) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
−39.9 (−39.8) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 36.6 (1.44) |
29.7 (1.17) |
33.8 (1.33) |
32.5 (1.28) |
38.7 (1.52) |
47.6 (1.87) |
63.5 (2.50) |
104.6 (4.12) |
111.7 (4.40) |
135.8 (5.35) |
109.4 (4.31) |
54.7 (2.15) |
798.6 (31.44) |
| Source: Roshydromet | |||||||||||||