Delyankir

Delyankir (English)
Делянкир (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Delyankir
Location of Delyankir in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 63°49′52″N 145°36′11″E / 63.83111°N 145.60306°E / 63.83111; 145.60306Coordinates: 63°49′52″N 145°36′11″E / 63.83111°N 145.60306°E / 63.83111; 145.60306
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Oymyakonsky District[1]
Settlement Settlement of Artyk[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Oymyakonsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Artyk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 3 inhabitants[3][4]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[5]

Delyankir (Russian: Делянкир) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Settlement of Artyk in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 44 kilometers (27 mi) from Artyk[1] on the Kolyma Highway on the border with Magadan Oblast. Its population as of the 2010 Census was three people,[3][4] down from four recorded during the 2002 Census.[1]

Climate

Delyankir is one of the coldest places in the northern hemisphere, alongside Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk. Although in terms of the lowest-ever recorded temperature Oymyakon remains the coldest verifiable location, the year-round average temperature recorded at Delyankir's weather station between 1951 and 1989 was −16.8 °C (−30.2 °F) lower than that of Oymyakon.[6]

Climate data for Delyankir
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −19
(−2)
−20
(−4)
0.0
(32)
7.0
(44.6)
26.0
(78.8)
34.0
(93.2)
38.0
(100.4)
30.0
(86)
24.0
(75.2)
12.0
(53.6)
−3
(27)
−10
(14)
38.0
(100.4)
Average high °C (°F) −43
(−45)
−36
(−33)
−21
(−6)
−4
(25)
8.0
(46.4)
19.0
(66.2)
22.0
(71.6)
18.0
(64.4)
10.0
(50)
−9
(16)
−31
(−24)
−42
(−44)
−9
(16)
Daily mean °C (°F) −47
(−53)
−42.5
(−44.5)
−31
(−24)
−14.5
(5.9)
1.5
(34.7)
11.0
(51.8)
14.5
(58.1)
10.0
(50)
2.5
(36.5)
−15
(5)
−35.5
(−31.9)
−45.5
(−49.9)
−15.9
(3.4)
Average low °C (°F) −51
(−60)
−49
(−56)
−41
(−42)
−25
(−13)
−5
(23)
3.0
(37.4)
7.0
(44.6)
2.0
(35.6)
−5
(23)
−21
(−6)
−40
(−40)
−49
(−56)
−22.8
(−9)
Record low °C (°F) −63
(−81)
−65
(−85)
−57
(−71)
−43
(−45)
−25
(−13)
−7
(19)
−6
(21)
−9
(16)
−25
(−13)
−44
(−47)
−58
(−72)
−61
(−78)
−65
(−85)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5
(0.2)
5
(0.2)
4
(0.16)
3
(0.12)
12
(0.47)
27
(1.06)
42
(1.65)
19
(0.75)
22
(0.87)
21
(0.83)
10
(0.39)
3
(0.12)
173
(6.81)
Average rainy days 1 0 0 0 7 12 12 13 9 0 0 0 54
Average snowy days 18 18 13 9 6 0 0 0 6 19 21 16 126
Average relative humidity (%) 73 73 70 66 57 55 59 66 70 78 77 74 62
Source: Weather2[7]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. 1 2 This figure is given for the rural population of Artyk Urban Settlement, a municipal formation in Oymyakonsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Delyankir is the only rural locality on the territory of this municipal formation.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Р. Н. Иванова (R. N. Ivanova). "Рекордно низкие температуры в Евразии" (Record Low Temperatures in Eurasia). Published in Vestnik JaGU, #3, 2006, pp. 13–19 (Russian) Archived October 19, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Delyankir-In-Yakut Climate History. Retrieved November 1, 2013.

Sources

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