Posyet
Urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai, Russia
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Posyet (Russian: Посье́т) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population: 1,671 (2010 census);[1] 2,927 (2002 census);[4] 2,223 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
Posyet
Посьет | |
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Port of Posyet, June 2016 | |
 Interactive map of Posyet | |
  Posyet Location of Posyet  Posyet Posyet (Primorsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 42°40′N 130°48′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
| Administrative district | Khasansky District |
| Founded | April 11, 1860 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1943 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,671 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,571 (−6%) |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 692705 |
| OKTMO ID | 05648158051 |
Etymology
It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).
History
It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai.[citation needed] It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet.[6] The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.
Economy
Largest enterprise JSC Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three 450-meter (1,480 ft) mooring lines of gravitational type.
Climate
Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb, close to Dwa) with warm-hot, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall. Both winters and summers in Posyet are one of the warmest in whole Russian Far East.
| Climate data for Posyet | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.4 (41.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) |
9 (0.4) |
19 (0.7) |
43 (1.7) |
89 (3.5) |
100 (3.9) |
153 (6.0) |
151 (5.9) |
90 (3.5) |
53 (2.1) |
31 (1.2) |
12 (0.5) |
762 (30.0) |
| Average precipitation days | 3.7 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 106.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55.0 | 55.4 | 58.0 | 68.0 | 78.9 | 85.6 | 90.3 | 83.6 | 75.0 | 66.2 | 59.1 | 55.4 | 69.2 |
| Source: climatebase.ru[7] | |||||||||||||