43°51′N 41°36′E / 43.850°N 41.600°E
Zelenchukskaya (Russian: Зеленчу́кская; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук, Zelençuk) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia,[1] located on the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River. Population: 19,449 (2010 Russian census);[2] 21,025 (2002 Census);[3] 20,455 (1989 Soviet census).[4] In terms of population, it is the most populous rural locality in the republic.[2]
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located to the south of the stanitsa.[5] In 2015, it detected signals that might have come from a possible advanced extraterrestrial civilization, which are now being investigated by SETI.[6]
The stanitsa was founded on May 1, 1859 and named after the river on which it stands.[citation needed]
In 2002, the population included:[7]
Zelenchukskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with moderately warm and very humid summers and cold, dry winters.
Climate data for Zelenchukskaya (Зеленчукская) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
1.7 (35.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) |
16 (0.6) |
31 (1.2) |
68 (2.7) |
102 (4.0) |
139 (5.5) |
111 (4.4) |
95 (3.7) |
65 (2.6) |
40 (1.6) |
28 (1.1) |
21 (0.8) |
733 (28.9) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 125 | 141 | 161 | 169 | 211 | 216 | 251 | 250 | 205 | 168 | 137 | 110 | 2,144 |
Source: Climatebase.ru [8] |