Posyet
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Posyet (Russian: Посье́т) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and an ice-free port on the Possiet Bay. Population: 1,671 (2010 census); 2,927 (2002 census); 2,223 (1989 Soviet census).
Etymology
It is named after the Russian navigator Konstantin Posyet (1819–1899).
History
It is the oldest settlement in Primorsky Krai.[citation needed] It was established on April 11, 1860 as Novgorodsky-Posyet. The name Novgorodsky was given after the bay named by Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky's expedition.
Economy
Largest enterprise JSC Commercial port of Posyet is owned by Mechel. It is in possession of three 450-meter (1,480 ft) mooring lines of gravitational type.
Climate
Posyet has a monsoonal humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb, close to Dwa) with warm-hot, humid and stormy summers and cold, dry winters with little snowfall. Both winters and summers in Posyet are one of the warmest in whole Russian Far East.
| Climate data for Posyet | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 22.4 (72.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.1 (97.0) | 35.3 (95.5) | 31.5 (88.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 10.9 (51.6) | 36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | −2.4 (27.7) | 11.6 (52.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) | −5.7 (21.7) | 0.1 (32.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 0.9 (33.6) | −6.8 (19.8) | 6.7 (44.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) | −9.6 (14.7) | −3.8 (25.2) | 2.8 (37.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 13.7 (56.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | −2.4 (27.7) | −9.9 (14.2) | 3.5 (38.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) | −22.2 (−8.0) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −5.9 (21.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | −7.8 (18.0) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −26.7 (−16.1) | −26.7 (−16.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) | 9 (0.4) | 19 (0.7) | 43 (1.7) | 89 (3.5) | 100 (3.9) | 153 (6.0) | 151 (5.9) | 90 (3.5) | 53 (2.1) | 31 (1.2) | 12 (0.5) | 762 (30.0) |
| Average precipitation days | 3.7 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 106.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55.0 | 55.4 | 58.0 | 68.0 | 78.9 | 85.6 | 90.3 | 83.6 | 75.0 | 66.2 | 59.1 | 55.4 | 69.2 |
| Source: climatebase.ru |
External links
- (in Russian)
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia. (in Russian)