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Magadan Climate & Temperature
- Magadan, Russia is at 59°32'N, 150°46'E, 116 m (381 ft). See map.
- Magadan has a subarctic climate that has severe winters, no dry season, with cool, short summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfc).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Magadan is situated in or near the subpolar wet tundra biome.
- The average temperature is -3.3 degrees Celsius (26 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 28.8 °C (51.8°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype truly continental.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 532.8 mm (21 inches) which is equivalent to 532.8 Litres/m² (13.07 Gallons/ft²).
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Magadan you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Grytviken, South Georgia where you would find a Tundra climate (Boreal rain forest biome).
Magadan Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -17 (1) | -16 (4) | -12 (11) | -5 (22) | 1 (34) | 7 (45) | 11 (52) | 12 (53) | 7 (45) | -2 (29) | -11 (12) | -15 (5) | -3 (26) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 14 (1) | 14 (1) | 11 (0) | 28 (1) | 46 (2) | 53 (2) | 69 (3) | 72 (3) | 81 (3) | 74 (3) | 45 (2) | 27 (1) | 533 (21) | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 6h 56' | 9h 08' | 11h 46' | 14h 33' | 17h 04' | 18h 32' | 17h 52' | 15h 34' | 12h 51' | 10h 05' | 7h 34' | 6h 10' | 12h 00' | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 10.6 | 19.8 | 30.6 | 42.3 | 50.6 | 53.9 | 51 | 42.6 | 31.2 | 19.8 | 10.6 | 7.1 | 30.8 |
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