Isit, Russia
# Isit, Russia

Isit (Russian: Исит; Yakut: Иһит, İhit) is a rural locality (a selo), the administrative centre of and one of two settlements, in addition to Nokhoroy, in Isitsky Rural Okrug of Khangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 256 kilometers (159 mi) from Pokrovsk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 374.

## Climate

Isit has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are very cold with average temperatures from −39 °C (−38 °F) to −32 °C (−26 °F) in January, while summers are mild with average temperatures from 11 °C (52 °F) to 24 °C (75 °F) in July. Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.

Climate data for Isit :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | −0.4 (31.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 28.8 (83.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.3 (97.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 18.8 (65.8) | 5.2 (41.4) | 1.3 (34.3) | 36.6 (97.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −31.4 (−24.5) | −26.4 (−15.5) | −12.3 (9.9) | 1.9 (35.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | −1.4 (29.5) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −2.2 (28.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −35.0 (−31.0) | −31.3 (−24.3) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −5.5 (22.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | −5.4 (22.3) | −23.4 (−10.1) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −7.8 (17.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −38.6 (−37.5) | −35.8 (−32.4) | −27.0 (−16.6) | −12.6 (9.3) | 0.4 (32.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 1.8 (35.2) | −9.2 (15.4) | −27.2 (−17.0) | −36.7 (−34.1) | −13.0 (8.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −54.4 (−65.9) | −53.3 (−63.9) | −47.6 (−53.7) | −35.9 (−32.6) | −17.0 (1.4) | −4.1 (24.6) | −1.7 (28.9) | −4.9 (23.2) | −14.0 (6.8) | −34.8 (−30.6) | −47.8 (−54.0) | −54.9 (−66.8) | −54.9 (−66.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.2 (0.48) | 8.0 (0.31) | 7.8 (0.31) | 9.9 (0.39) | 25.7 (1.01) | 42.8 (1.69) | 52.7 (2.07) | 53.6 (2.11) | 34.4 (1.35) | 19.1 (0.75) | 16.2 (0.64) | 13.3 (0.52) | 295.7 (11.63) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.6 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 18.4 | 20.3 | 18.5 | 160.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75.5 | 74.7 | 71.2 | 63.0 | 61.2 | 65.5 | 71.1 | 77.0 | 74.8 | 75.4 | 77.7 | 75.1 | 71.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58 | 139 | 206 | 236 | 285 | 303 | 319 | 233 | 147 | 87 | 60 | 26 | 2,099 |
| Source 1: climatebase.ru (1936-2012) ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990) ||||||||||||||
