Yerbogachen
Selo in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
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Yerbogachen (Russian: Ербогачён), sometimes written Erbogachen or Erbogachene, is a rural locality in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River. It is the administrative center of Katangsky District. Population: 1,965 (2010 census);[1]
Yerbogachen
Ербогачен | |
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 Interactive map of Yerbogachen | |
  Yerbogachen Location of Yerbogachen  Yerbogachen Yerbogachen (Irkutsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 61°16′N 108°1′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,965 |
• Estimate (2012) | 1,939 (−1.3%) |
| • Capital of | Katangsky District[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 666610 |
| OKTMO ID | 25616404101 |
| Website | erbogachen |
Transportation
Yerbogachen is served by Yerbogachen Airport, which offers limited flights to other cities in the region.[4]
Climate
Yerbogachen has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are bitterly cold with average temperatures from −34.0 °C (−29.2 °F) to −23.9 °C (−11.0 °F) in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from 10.8 °C (51.4 °F) to 24.8 °C (76.6 °F) in July. Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.
Yerbogachen has a climate comparable to that of Sakha, and is probably one of the only locations outside Sakha with a temperature amplitude of 100 °C or 180 °F.
| Climate data for Yergobachen | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
3.6 (38.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −23.9 (−11.0) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
0.6 (33.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −29.0 (−20.2) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−28.9 (−20.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −34.0 (−29.2) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −61.2 (−78.2) |
−59.5 (−75.1) |
−53.3 (−63.9) |
−43.2 (−45.8) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−39.8 (−39.6) |
−54.8 (−66.6) |
−58.6 (−73.5) |
−61.2 (−78.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) |
13 (0.5) |
14 (0.6) |
20 (0.8) |
28 (1.1) |
47 (1.9) |
51 (2.0) |
47 (1.9) |
39 (1.5) |
40 (1.6) |
29 (1.1) |
21 (0.8) |
366 (14.5) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88 |
| Average snowy days | 21 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 129.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 38 | 115 | 195 | 235 | 257 | 303 | 315 | 231 | 145 | 86 | 58 | 18 | 1,996 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[6] | |||||||||||||
