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CLIMATE

Climate
Climate is a long-term regime of atmospheric conditions, typical for a specified area. Climate is formed as a result of processes running in the atmosphere and fluctuates over time. The knowledge of climate is based on statistical analysis of the long-term observations of meteorological elements: atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, heat budget of the earth's surface, air temperature and humidity, cloudiness, and atmospheric precipitation. In this case, not only mean values of these elements are determined, but also their annual and diurnal course, extremes, and deviations from average quantities. Occurrence of certain weather phenomena, as well as the average and extreme terms of their appearance, are also noted. Complex indices, such as humidification, continentality, and others, are also used. More details ...

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Temperature
  Annual Temperature 
  Temperature (July)
  Temperature (January)

Precipitation
  Annual Precipitation

General Characteristics
  Annual Evapotranspiration

Climatic Measurements
  Climatic Stations