четверг, 20 ноября 2008 г.

Winter in Our Region





The climate in our region is strongly continental with big variations of temperature during one year. For the central and southern regions where most of the population lives long winters and short, hot summers are characteristic. The territory of Krasnoyarsk Region experiences conditions of three climate belts: Arctic, Sub-Arctic, and moderate. While in the north there are less than 40 days with temperature higher than 10 °C (50 °F), in the south there are about 110–120 such days.
The average temperature of January is −36 ℃ (−32.8 ℉) in the north and −18 ℃ (−0.4 ℉) in the south. The average temperature of July is 10 ℃ (50 ℉) in the north and 20 ℃ (68 ℉) in the south. Snow covers the central regions since early November till late March.
Last winter was snowy as you can see in the pictures and wasn't very cold.
Now the temperature is unusual for this season - about +1C.

In the first picture you can see old Russian footwear which are popular with small children, some old people and hunters. They are called "valenki". They are made of wool and very warm for cold weather. When the children play in the snow they wear "valenki'. But now you cannot see them very often.




5 комментариев:

Jesus A комментирует...

Hello it is your friend from the US. In the city we live in there is really no possible way that we can get snow but it does get really cold sometimes. Sometimes there is alittle bit of ice on the ground but, it is not as cold as were you live.

Evelyn R, p2, SoCal, USA комментирует...

Hello Russian friends well I wonder how cold it's over there.I guess winter has stared already.When it snows alot do they cancel school?

Janet P. p4 SoCal USA комментирует...

Hey well yea I imagine how it's really cold over there. Do you guys get sick or anything like that because of the cold air?

Jessica Be p4 SoCal USA комментирует...
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Maria S.p4 Cal USA комментирует...

Hey there, just wanted to say hi and welcome. I was looking at your pictures and i like your place well to tell you the truth I like how the boots look like because i wear boots but they are very diferent then yours. How does the snow feel like? Is it cold or hot? I have been in the snow quite few times but to me the snow is cold but burns if you leave it for a long time in you hand.