Russia Climate

Russia The climate of Russia is very diverse because of the vast territory of the country, although most of it continental or temperate continental with long cold winters and short cool summers. Highest mountain in southern Russia and Central Asia, prevent the penetration of the territory of Russia warm air mass.V winter months, for example. Arctic ocean is completely covered with ice and a rather large ice masses, contributing to a cold winter in northern regions of Russia. Few in the western part of the country's climate is affected by the Atlantic Ocean, but the effect is weak and is expressed primarily in high humidity on the Baltic coast. The average annual rainfall in the European territory of Russia is about 800 mm, but in the southern regions is reduced to 400 mm. In Siberia, the average annual rainfall ranges from 500 to 800 mm in the mountainous regions reaching 1,000 mm. As for temperatures, the coldest region in considered to Siberia, where in the city Verkhoyansk is "cold pole" - the average January temperature is about -51 ° C, and in February, the thermometer sometimes falls to -68 ° C. The temperature of the Arctic coast is not so low, but because of the influence of the Arctic Ocean is sometimes dropped to -50 ° C. However, the same factors that cause low winter temperatures, contribute to the warm, sometimes hot summer in these regions: the average July temperature in Verkhoyansk is about 13 ° C and sometimes summer temperatures reach 37 ° C. In the European part of the climate is more temperate, and the Black Sea coast - mild. Average January temperature in Moscow is from -16 ° C to -9 ° C, average July temperature - from 13 ° C to 23 ° C.

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