The territory of the Bryansk region is included in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation. It is located in the west of the East European Plain. As for the administrative center, this is Bryansk. In this article we will provide you with information about all the seasonal phenomena and climate features of this region.
Location of the Bryansk region (Russia)
The local climate is considered special, as the local forests are called the "lungs of Europe." Only in the Bryansk forest can you see ten species of European woodpeckers.
The territory of the region borders:
- In the northern part with the Smolensk region.
- In the eastern part - Oryol and Kaluga regions.
- In the south - with the regions of Ukraine (Chernihiv and Sumy).
- In the west - with the regions of Belarus.
The largest cities are Bryansk, Dyatkovo, Starodub, Klintsy, Navlya. If we talk about the length of the terrain, then from east to west it is 270 km, and from north to south 190 km. There flow 125 rivers, the length of which is 9 km, and there are 49 large lakes.
Climatic features of the area
The climate of the Bryansk region is temperate continental, that is, it is warm in June, and cool with the arrival of winter. In the air mass that circulates in this region, a westerly wind prevails. Such air flows are characterized by regular changes in air currents of different temperatures. This nature of the process leads to the fact that the weather is extremely unstable: thunderstorms often occur in summer, and thaws are frequent in winter.
Some years in the history of the region are characterized by severe frosts in the cold season and dry summers. These processes are caused by a change in the regime of air mass flows due to the actions occurring on the surface of the Sun.
The average annual temperature is approximately +4.5 ° С in the northern regions and +5.9 ° С in the southern.
Seasonal weather
The climate of the Bryansk region is cool in winter. The cold season begins in the first days of December. At this time, all water bodies are covered with ice, and there is also a cover of snow on them. The cold season is characterized by relatively stable weather: the lowest temperature is observed in January, the average is -9 ° C. In winter, the weather situation is usually constantly accompanied by snowfalls, the sun comes out very rarely. Often the snow cover is up to 4 months, at the end of February it can reach 20-40 cm.
Due to the fact that the climate of the Bryansk region has such distinctive features, in the spring the situation is extremely ambiguous. This time of year can begin either early or late, be warm or, conversely, cold. As a rule, this season begins in mid-March, and at the end of the month the snow cover is melting. Temperature indicators increase significantly by the second half of April, but frost is not excluded in late spring. At the end of the season, the average temperature is 14-17 ° C. This is considered the beginning of summer.
Summer weather in the Bryansk region lasts about 3-4 months. The warmest of the months is July, with an average temperature of 20-22 ° C. Rainfall is extremely uneven: there may be no rain for several weeks, which will certainly contribute to drought. In August, cloudy and rather hot weather is observed.
The climate of the Bryansk region is such that autumn is the shortest of all seasons. It begins in September and lasts about two months. The weather is quite sunny and cloudless. In early October, the warmth called “Indian summer” can return again, the duration of which is 7-10 days. After that there are frosts. The end of the season is characterized by prolonged rain and cloud cover. Autumn ends in the middle of the last month of the season, when the temperature drops below 0 ° C.
The area is located in a zone of sufficient moisture. On average, about 60 cm of precipitation falls annually. The highest rainfall occurs in July, and the smaller in December, January, and February.
