Zaisan, Kazakhstan
Place in East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
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Zaisan or Zaysan (Kazakh: Зайсан, Zaisan; Russian: Зайсан), is a town in the East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Zaisan District. It is situated near the southeastern corner of Lake Zaysan at an altitude of 660 meters (2170 ft) above sea level.[1] Population: 14,389 (2009 census results);[2] 16,021 (1999 census results).[2] The town is located near the eastern terminus of European route E127, which connects it with Omsk in Russia as well as the rest of the European route network.
Zaisan
Зайсан | |
|---|---|
  Zaisan Location within Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′00″N 84°52′00″E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | East Kazakhstan Region |
| Founded: Established: | 1868 1941 |
| Elevation | 660 m (2,170 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 14,389 |
| Time zone | UTC+06:00 (OMST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+07:00 (OMSST) |
History
Zaisan was founded in 1868 as a Russian military post.[3]
Climate
Zaisan has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa).
| Climate data for Zaisan (1991–2020, extremes 1925–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
39.1 (102.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.1 (106.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.6 (9.3) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.2 (−4.4) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −39.8 (−39.6) |
−40.4 (−40.7) |
−34.5 (−30.1) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−38.1 (−36.6) |
−40.9 (−41.6) |
−40.9 (−41.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.6 (0.61) |
13.0 (0.51) |
18.4 (0.72) |
29.0 (1.14) |
41.8 (1.65) |
36.0 (1.42) |
42.9 (1.69) |
25.8 (1.02) |
29.5 (1.16) |
29.7 (1.17) |
28.5 (1.12) |
17.4 (0.69) |
327.6 (12.90) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 64.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 138 | 163 | 202 | 242 | 282 | 304 | 327 | 311 | 254 | 182 | 129 | 116 | 2,650 |
| Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)[5][6] | |||||||||||||