Tomsk is a small ancient city in the eastern part of Western Siberia. It is known for the fact that a huge number of students come there from nearby cities and regions, and even from neighboring countries. There is a huge number of universities, research centers and scientific bases. Tomsk is the oldest educational center in Siberia.
Tomsk, time
Time zone UTC + 7. Same time in Krasnoyarsk and many other Siberian cities. In Tomsk, the time relative to Moscow is shifted 4 hours ahead.
Tomsk climate
Siberia is quite a frosty place. The city of Tomsk is no exception. The continental-cyclonic climate of Tomsk is a transitional stage from a temperate to a sharply continental climate. Winter in this region is very severe and lasts 7 months. The average annual temperature is 0 degrees. Average temperature in winter: 20 degrees below zero, often frosts up to 30 - 40 degrees below zero. The frost-free period averages 115 days.
The climate of Tomsk is very severe. Minimum recorded temperature - 55degrees below zero, recorded in January. In March and November, the average temperature reaches -10 degrees.
Summer in Tomsk is cool and humid. The average summer temperature is around 16.5 oC. The warmest month is July, the average temperature in this month is +18. Sometimes in the summer there are 0 degrees, and even a slight minus.
The sun only shines 47% of the time it can, with an average of 92 cloudy days a year. Snow lies for almost 200 days a year.
Temperature in Tomsk by months
- January - 20 degrees below zero on average.
- February - an average of 17 degrees below zero, but there are short-term thaws up to +3 oC.
- March - average temperature -10 oC.
- April - the temperature usually stays +1 oC, at the end of the month the snow just starts to melt.
- May - average temperature 10 degrees above zero, the snow finally melts.
- June - +15 degrees on average.
- July - 18 degrees above zero on average.
- August - average temperature +15 oC.
- September - 9 degrees above zero, first snow falls.
- October - 1 degree above zero, snow finally falls in the middle of the month.
- November - average temperature - 9 degrees below zero.
- December - the average temperature is minus 15 degrees.
Precipitation
Precipitation is 560 millimeters per year, most of all in summer, in July.
Approximate monthly rainfall in Tomsk is as follows:
- January - 35millimeters.
- February - 25mm.
- March - 24 mm.
- April - 34 mm.
- May - 41 mm.
- June - 61mm.
- July - 75 millimeters.
- August - 67 mm.
- September - 50 millimeters.
- October - 55 mm.
- November - 52 mm.
- December - 49 mm.
Environmental situation
Tomsk is not only a "scientific" city. It is also considered an industrial center. The level of air pollution over the entire area of the city is above average. Some areas of the city suffer from extremely severe air pollution. Reservoirs, including many traditional bathing places for citizens and guests of the city, do not meet sanitary standards. The plants produce almost 14,000 tons of emissions per year. The main pollution and emissions come from the Siberian Chemical Combine.
There are also rumors that hazardous nuclear waste is located in the suburbs of Tomsk.
The Ministry of Nature of the Russian Federation has compiled an environmental rating, which includes 94 cities of the country. The level of Tomsk turned out to be below average - 48th line. A huge number of Siberian cities suffer from a deplorable environmental situation due to the large number of plants, factories and industrial enterprises. The atmosphere is polluted, and in winter, factories emit air waste directly into the air above the city (even those located in the center).
In the summer of 2018, residents of Tomsk complained about an unpleasant smell of unknown origin. Longtime it was believed that it comes from fields spoiled with chicken manure. In July, it turned out that the source of the unpleasant smell was a pond into which waste from a pig farm located near the city was poured.
Among other things, the famous Tomsk firs were invaded by the Ussuri polygraph - a parasitic beetle. Huge forests are rapidly dying, what to do about it is currently unclear.
Tomsk, whose ecology leaves much to be desired, is trying to solve the pollution problem. Various actions are held in the city, there are many volunteer organizations. But at the state level, environmental movements are not supported, so their activities are not as effective as we would like, given the heavy level of pollution of the city from numerous industrial enterprises.
The climate of Tomsk and its ecology are interconnected. Severe frosts allow unnoticed by residents to throw out a huge amount of gaseous waste. Due to the cold, some of the vegetation that could filter the air is dying.
Tomsk is a unique city with a rich history and strong educational centers that are also working to improve the ecological situation in the city and the region. Every year it manages to improve slightly thanks to the activities of non-profit organizations and volunteers.
