Climate, Kyrgyzstan

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Four climate zones are determined here:

Valley zone (from 500-600 to 900-1000m heights). Hot summer (to +28 degrees) and moderate cold and snowless winter characterize it. Average annual temperature is +20-25 in summer and -4 -7 in winter. In some places temperature reaches +47. It drops as the height increases and the absolute temperature minimum is -22-30,only in some places it drops lower -40.

Middle mountainous zone (from 900-1200 to 2000-2200 m heights) has typical moderate climate with warm summer and moderate snowy and cold winter. Average annual temperature is +18-19 in summer (July) and -7-8 in winter (January).

High mountainous zone (from 2000-2200 to 3000-3500 m heights) is characterized by cold summer and very snowy winter. July temperature is +11-16, January - 8-10. Winter is long (from November to March). In the upper part of this zone the freezing period lasts 3-4 months.

Nival zone (more than 3500 m heights) is characterized by severe and very cold climate. This is a zone of snow, rocks, glaciers and moisture accumulation. Even in the lower part of the zone July temperature doesn't exceed +4-7 and in January it drops lower than -19-22.

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