Climate
Norilsk has an extremely harsh climate. The city is covered with snow for about 250–270 days a year, with snow storms for about 110–130 days. The polar night lasts from December through mid-January, so that Norilsk inhabitants do not see the sun at all for about six weeks. In summer, symmetrically, sun does not set for more than six weeks. Temperatures are known to rise above +25 °C (77 °F) in July.
| Climate data for Norilsk | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −3 (26.6) |
−2 (28.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−1 (30.2) |
31 (87.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−10 (14.0) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−6.03 (21.16) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −30.7 (−23.3) |
−31 (−23.8) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−28.9 (−20.0) |
−13.19 (8.25) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −53.1 (−63.6) |
−52 (−61.6) |
−46.1 (−51.0) |
−38.7 (−37.7) |
−26.8 (−16.2) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−1 (30.2) |
−14 (6.8) |
−36 (−32.8) |
−43.1 (−45.6) |
−51 (−59.8) |
−53.1 (−63.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 17.6 (0.693) |
16.1 (0.634) |
28.4 (1.118) |
21.1 (0.831) |
24.0 (0.945) |
34.4 (1.354) |
32.4 (1.276) |
52.2 (2.055) |
26.0 (1.024) |
35.9 (1.413) |
30.8 (1.213) |
22.1 (0.87) |
341 (13.43) |
| Source: Weatherbase | |||||||||||||
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