Smidovich
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Smidovich (Russian: Смидович; Yiddish: סמידאוויטש) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Smidovichsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,120 (2010 Census);[1] 5,905 (2002 Census);[2] 6,646 (1989 Soviet census).[3]
It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928[4] named after Pyotr Smidovich who, along with Mikhail Kalinin, came up with the idea to found the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.[5]
Climate
Like most of the Amur Basin, Smidovich has an extreme humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), featuring very warm and rainy summers contrasting with frigid and very dry winters.
| Climate data for Smidovich | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27 (81) |
24.7 (76.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −22.7 (−8.9) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −27.5 (−17.5) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−13.8 (7.2) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
−1 (30) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
−4.2 (24.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) |
8 (0.3) |
16 (0.6) |
40 (1.6) |
56 (2.2) |
92 (3.6) |
135 (5.3) |
141 (5.6) |
89 (3.5) |
42 (1.7) |
20 (0.8) |
14 (0.6) |
662 (26.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
