Stepnogorsk
Stepnogorsk
Степногорск | |
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  Stepnogorsk Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 52°20′59″N 71°53′24″E / 52.34972°N 71.89000°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Akmola Region |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council government |
| • Mayor | Gaidar Kassenov[1] |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
• Total | 46,712 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
Stepnogorsk (Kazakh: Степногорск, romanized: Stepnogorsk; Russian: Степногорск) is a town in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
History
[edit]Stepnogorsk was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It began as a closed town with code names Tselinograd-25 (Russian: Целиноград-25), Makinsk-2 (Russian: Макинск-2). The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site,[3] which was known as the Stepnogorsk Scientific and Technical Institute for Microbiology.
Demographics
[edit]As of 2023, the town’s urban population was estimated at 48,343.[2] Historically, the 2009 census recorded 46,712 residents, and the 1999 census recorded 47,372.
Climate
[edit]Stepnogorsk has a sharply continental, arid climate. Spring is typically dry and windy, with large swings between high daytime temperatures and below-freezing nights. In summer, mostly cloudless and hot conditions prevail, caused by intense warming of the steppe. A stable snow cover usually forms by mid-November and remains for 130–150 days, with an average depth of around 20–22 cm. Temperatures can drop below −25 °C for 10–14 days each January, occasionally lasting up to 20 days during severe winters. The coldest winter on record was 1976–1977 (down to −44.4 °C with high winds), and the strongest winds—28–34 m/s—occurred in winter 1995. Spring sets in during the second half of March and lasts 1.5–2 months, with daily highs typically reaching 0 °C in early April. The hottest recorded summer occurred in August 2002, when temperatures reached +44 °C. An aurora borealis was observed on 14 and 16 March 1989. According to local meteorological data from 2012–2019 (GISMETEO), the average annual temperature is about +4.6 °C.
| Climate data for Stepnogorsk (2012–2019, GISMETEO) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 1 (34) |
5 (41) |
9 (48) |
27 (81) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
35 (95) |
36 (97) |
33 (91) |
23 (73) |
11 (52) |
1 (34) |
36 (97) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
4.3 (39.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.8 (5.4) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −26.2 (−15.2) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−6 (21) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−27.4 (−17.3) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −38 (−36) |
−33 (−27) |
−20 (−4) |
−8 (18) |
1 (34) |
8 (46) |
10 (50) |
7 (45) |
1 (34) |
−13 (9) |
−29 (−20) |
−38 (−36) |
−38 (−36) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.9 (0.67) |
13.8 (0.54) |
13.4 (0.53) |
19.7 (0.78) |
34.3 (1.35) |
42.2 (1.66) |
56.3 (2.22) |
42.8 (1.69) |
25.0 (0.98) |
29.5 (1.16) |
22.0 (0.87) |
16.6 (0.65) |
332.5 (13.09) |
| Source: GISMETEO (2012–2019) | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "New akim of Stepnogorsk named". inform.kz. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ a b "Численность населения Республики Казахстан по отдельным этносам на начало 2023 года" (in Russian). Комитет по статистике Министерства национальной экономики Республики Казахстан. 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ^ Report includes interview with a microbiologist who "ran a huge bioweapons production plant in Stepnogorsk"
External links
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- STEPNOGORSK Online - Unofficial web site since 1999 mirror (in Russian)
- Advertising and Information Portal town Stepnogorsk Kazakhstan (in Russian)
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