Otar (village)
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Otar
Отар | |
|---|---|
 View of the Otar Military Base in 2017 | |
  Otar Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 43°32′15″N 75°12′32″E / 43.53750°N 75.20889°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Zhambyl Region |
| District | Korday District |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 4,540 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (Omsk Time) |
| Postcode | 040306 |
Otar (Kazakh: Отар) is a village in the Zhambyl Region, south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Otar rural district (KATO code - 314851100).[1] Population: 4,540 (2009 census results);[2] 4,355 (1999 census results).[2][3]
Climate
Otar is located just west of the border with the Almaty Region by the southern end of the Chu-Ili Range. 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) to the east of the village lies the Otar Military Base.[4][5]
Otar has a semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk)[6] with cold winters and hot summers.
| Climate data for Otar (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.2 (0.72) |
20.6 (0.81) |
26.7 (1.05) |
48.4 (1.91) |
44.6 (1.76) |
36.8 (1.45) |
32.4 (1.28) |
15.3 (0.60) |
15.7 (0.62) |
31.5 (1.24) |
31.4 (1.24) |
20.9 (0.82) |
342.5 (13.48) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 63.2 |
| Source: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
