Vanavara (rural locality)
Vanavara (Russian: Ванавара) is a rural locality (a selo) in Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Podkamennaya Tunguska River at the mouth of the local Vanavarki River. Population: 3,153 (2010 Census);[1] 3,313 (2002 Census);[4] 5,697 (1989 Census).[5]
Vanavara
Ванавара | |
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Location of Vanavara 
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  Vanavara Location of Vanavara  Vanavara Vanavara (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 60°20′N 102°16′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai[1] |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,153 |
| • Subordinated to | Evenkiysky District[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 648490 |
| OKTMO ID | 04650459101 |
Vanavara is notable for being the nearest populated place to the site of the 1908 Tunguska event.
History
The locality as it exists today was founded in 1932 as a base for herders, hunters, and fishermen, as well as a location for a weather station.[6]
A plane crash occurred on September 26, 1994, when a plane flying from Krasnoyarsk to Tura had diverted to Vanavara Airport due to bad weather: on running out of fuel the crew then attempted an emergency landing on the bank of the Chamba River 41 km from Vanavara centre. All twenty-four passengers and four crew died in the crash.[7]
On December 10, 2010, an explosion occurred in a boiler in the heating plant in Vanavara. A fireman was killed in the incident and heating was cut off for 720 houses, forcing the evacuation of many children to Krasnoyarsk.[8] Heating has since been fully restored.[9]
Transportation
The locality is served by Vanavara Airport.[10]
Climate
Vanavara has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are severely cold with average temperatures from −34.5 to −22.7 °C (−30.1 to −8.9 °F) in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from +10.2 to +24.9 °C (50.4 to 76.8 °F). Precipitation is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.
| Climate data for Vanavara | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −22.7 (−8.9) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
3.6 (38.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
1.5 (34.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −28.4 (−19.1) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−13.8 (7.2) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−22.9 (−9.2) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−32.7 (−26.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −61.0 (−77.8) |
−57.7 (−71.9) |
−50.3 (−58.5) |
−39.0 (−38.2) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−54.5 (−66.1) |
−58.2 (−72.8) |
−61.0 (−77.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21 (0.8) |
15 (0.6) |
15 (0.6) |
28 (1.1) |
35 (1.4) |
56 (2.2) |
55 (2.2) |
54 (2.1) |
42 (1.7) |
42 (1.7) |
33 (1.3) |
24 (0.9) |
420 (16.6) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 46 (18) |
53 (21) |
54 (21) |
41 (16) |
4 (1.6) |
0.2 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
5 (2.0) |
21 (8.3) |
35 (14) |
260.2 (102.4) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 101.1 |
| Average snowy days | 25 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 139.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 74 | 66 | 60 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 54 | 119 | 186 | 226 | 245 | 288 | 295 | 216 | 142 | 86 | 62 | 27 | 1,946 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net[11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[12] | |||||||||||||
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- "Aerological station Vanavara" (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 2, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
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- "Vanavara Airport". OurAirports. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- "Weather And Climate - Climate Vanavara" (in Russian). Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- "Climate Normals for Vanavara". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2013.