Tomsk is a small ancient city in the eastern part of Western Siberia. He is known for the fact that a huge number of students come from nearby cities and regions and even from neighboring countries. There are a huge number of universities, research centers and scientific bases. Tomsk is the oldest educational center in Siberia.
Tomsk, time
The time zone is UTC + 7. The same time is in Krasnoyarsk and many other Siberian cities. In Tomsk, time relative to Moscow is shifted 4 hours ahead.
Climate of Tomsk
Siberia is a rather frosty place. The city of Tomsk is no exception. The continental cyclonic climate of Tomsk is a transitional stage from temperate to sharply continental climate. Winter in this region is very harsh and lasts 7 months. The average annual temperature is 0 degrees. Average winter temperature: 20 degrees below zero, often there are frosts up to 30 - 40 degrees below zero. The frost-free period averages 115 days.
The climate of Tomsk is very severe. The minimum recorded temperature is 55 degrees below zero, recorded in January. In March and November, the average temperature reaches -10 degrees.
Summer in Tomsk is cool and humid. On average, the temperature in summer is around 16.5 ° C. The warmest month is July, the average temperature in this month is +18. Sometimes in the summer there are 0 degrees, and even a slight minus.
The sun shines only 47% of the time possible, with an average of 92 cloudy days per year. Snow lies almost 200 days a year.
Temperature in Tomsk for months
- January - an average of 20 degrees below zero.
- February - an average of 17 degrees below zero, but there are short-term thaws up to +3 o C.
- March - the average temperature is -10 o C.
- April - usually a temperature of +1 ° C is held, at the end of the month the snow is just beginning to melt.
- May - the average temperature is 10 degrees above zero, the snow finally melts.
- June - an average of +15 degrees.
- July - an average of 18 degrees above zero.
- August - average temperature +15 o C.
- September - 9 degrees above zero, the first snow falls.
- October - 1 degree above zero, in the middle of the month snow finally falls.
- November - average temperature - 9 degrees below zero.
- December - the average temperature is minus 15 degrees.
Precipitation
560 millimeters of precipitation falls annually, most of all in the summer, in July.
The estimated monthly rainfall in Tomsk is as follows:
- January - 35 millimeters.
- February - 25 mm.
- March - 24 mm.
- April - 34 mm.
- May - 41 mm.
- June - 61 mm.
- July - 75 millimeters.
- August - 67 mm.
- September - 50 millimeters.
- October - 55 mm.
- November - 52 mm.
- December - 49 mm.
