Onguday
Coordinates: 50°45′N 86°08′E / 50.75°N 86.13°E
Onguday (Russian: Онгудай, Altay: Оҥдой) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Ongudaysky District of the Altai Republic, Russia, located on the Ursul River, 210 kilometers (130 mi) from the town Gorno-Altaysk, the capital of the republic. Population: 5,655 (2010 Census);[1] 5,376 (2002 Census);[2] 5,399 (1989 Census).[3]
It was founded in 1626. The population consists mainly of the Altay people and Russians.
Climate
Onguday has a monsoon-infuenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm, humid summers and severely cold, dry winters. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average temperature is +16.9 °C (62.4 °F), the highest temperature recorded being +39.7 °C (103.5 °F). The coldest month of the year is January, when the average temperature is −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F), and record low of −43.9 °C (−47.0 °F).
| Climate data for Onguday (1958-1997) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50) |
8.6 (47.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.7 (103.5) |
35.8 (96.4) |
32.2 (90) |
26.1 (79) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −14.1 (6.6) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
17.8 (64) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
7.8 (46) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
6.8 (44.24) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−6.1 (21) |
3.9 (39) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.9 (48) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
0.1 (32.18) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−22.5 (−8.5) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−3.9 (25) |
2.8 (37) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.0 (50) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−22.9 (−9.2) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.9 (−47) |
−38 (−36) |
−33.9 (−29) |
−22.8 (−9) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−2.8 (27) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.8 (27) |
−10 (14) |
−26.2 (−15.2) |
−41 (−42) |
−43.9 (−47) |
−43.9 (−47) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.6 (0.378) |
5.2 (0.205) |
16.4 (0.646) |
34.0 (1.339) |
67.4 (2.654) |
71.1 (2.799) |
66.7 (2.626) |
52.3 (2.059) |
45.8 (1.803) |
32.3 (1.272) |
29.4 (1.157) |
17.3 (0.681) |
447.5 (17.618) |
| Average precipitation days | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 81 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.9 | 74.3 | 66.7 | 60.5 | 56.0 | 66.8 | 70.1 | 69.0 | 65.6 | 75.9 | 79.7 | 83.7 | 70.1 |
| Source: "weatherbase". | |||||||||||||
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
Foto
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Onguday. Lenin Square.
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Onguday. Square memory war veterans.