Taganrog is a city in the southwest of the Rostov region. The administrative center of the region is the city of Rostov-on-Don, it is located east of Taganrog, at a distance of 70 km from it. The settlement under consideration is located on the shores of the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov (Taganrog Bay). The city arose in 1698 by decree of Peter the Great. The population is 250,287 people. The climate of Taganrog is relatively mild and moderately dry. Hot dry weather prevails in summer.
Favourably, its impact on the environment. The climate of Taganrog is generally quite stable, and extreme weather events are rare. Despite the fact that the city is considered a resort, there are acute environmental problems in it. Large industrial enterprises, a wide transport network and city dumps pose a serious threat to the environment.
Geographic features
Taganrog is located in the steppe zone in the southern part of the Europeanterritory of Russia. The relief is flat, undulating. The area is slightly inclined towards the sea. The maximum height above its level reaches 75 m. Two rivers flow through the city: Big Turtle and Small Turtle, which form beams with the same names.
Due to the increased friability of rocks, erosional phenomena are quite often observed: jagged beams and hollows. Their slopes are often steep and easily destroyed.
The sea is characterized by turbidity and very shallow depth, which grows slowly. The beaches are sandy and pebbly, with a width of 15 to 25 meters. Between the city and the beach there is a high (up to 30 meters high) cliff.
Climate of Taganrog
The climate in the city and its environs is temperate continental, moderately dry, with plenty of sunny days. The average annual temperature is +10.3 °С. Hot summer. The average July temperature is around 25°C. The highest recorded temperature was +41 °С.
It gets cold in winter. The absolute minimum winter temperature is -32 °С.
The difference between the average temperature of the warmest and coldest months is 27.2 °С.
Winter is dominated by cold continental air masses, with occasional Arctic intrusions. In summer, due to the strong warming of the land, dry heated steppe air dominates, giving high daytime temperature maximums. The proximity of the sea slightly softens the heat and increases the humidity.
Durationfrost-free period is, on average, 208 days.
Humidity is significant: about 60% in summer and 80-90% in winter.
Wind mode
The average wind speed is 3.3 m/s. It is minimal in August (2.8 m/s) and maximal in February (3.9 m/s). Sometimes there are strong steady winds with surge of sea water, which leads to erosion of the coast and landslides.
East and northeast winds are most often observed. Very rarely there are southern and southeastern ones. Due to the proximity of the sea, the breeze regime of air mass movement is typical. Therefore, during the day, a light south wind blows, carrying moist sea air, and at night, a north wind, which carries the dry air of the steppes. At the same time, winds from the sea are more intense than from land. The breezes are more pronounced in the warm season.
Sometimes it's calm. This is much more common at night than during the day. They are most frequent in the first quarter of the year.
This wind regime creates good resort characteristics of Taganrog's climate. We can say that the city has a mild maritime climate, the influence of the sea smooths out sudden temperature changes. The best time to stay is from late spring to early autumn.
Precipitation
Most of the precipitation falls as rain and occurs during the warm season. The lowest annual rainfall was 292mm and the highest was 732mm.
The thickness of the snow cover is generally not large. In December, it ranges from 3 to 10 cm, in January it is around 15 cm, and in February it is 18 - 20 cm. Obviously, these figures will change due toclimate warming.
On average, the annual rainfall is 588 mm. The maximum is in July. Due to global warming, the precipitation rate for a later period (2000 - 2011) decreased and amounted to 444.5 mm. At the same time, the maximum of their precipitation shifted to September, and in June their number sharply decreased. Warming makes its own adjustments to summer weather, making it more stuffy and hot, and at the same time drier. All this, of course, leads to heating of sea water, which increases the risk of its "blooming".
Extreme weather events in Taganrog
Extreme weather events rarely happen in Taganrog. But in recent years, the number of various anomalies around the world has increased dramatically. Taganrog was no exception. 2014 turned out to be unfavorable here:
- On January 29, heavy snowfall hit the city. Public transport was paralyzed for several days. It was also impossible to drive on intercity highways. One of the buses going along the Odessa-Krasnodar route got stuck in snowdrifts. The rescue operation continued for 3 days. It was possible to completely eliminate the consequences of the emergency only by the seventh of February.
- The next element swept through the city in about half a year. On September 24, 2014, a strong hurricane was observed in Taganrog. The speed of air flows then amounted to 32 m/s. Due to the wind surge of sea water, its level has risen by more than 3 meters, which is the highest figure in the history of observations. As a resultlow-lying areas were flooded. The houses located there were damaged. Electricity went out everywhere due to power lines. The total damage from the elements amounted to 230 million rubles.
Conclusion
Thus, the climate of the city of Taganrog is not distinguished by any extreme characteristics. The locality is comfortable enough for human habitation.
