District in Uvs Province, Mongolia
District in Uvs Province, Mongolia
Ömnögovi (Mongolian: Өмнөговь, romanized: Ömnögowĭ) is a sum (district) of Uvs Province in western Mongolia.
Part of the sum is desert, that has sand dunes.
Climate
Ömnögovi has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm summers and severely cold winters. The average minimum temperature in January is −28.3 °C (−18.9 °F), and temperatures as low as −45.5 °C (−49.9 °F) have been recorded. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in the adjacent months of May and September. Winters are very dry.
| Climate data for Ömnögovi
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
3.2
(37.8)
|
8.2
(46.8)
|
17.5
(63.5)
|
24.3
(75.7)
|
28.3
(82.9)
|
31.3
(88.3)
|
33.6
(92.5)
|
38.9
(102.0)
|
29.7
(85.5)
|
24.4
(75.9)
|
11.9
(53.4)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
38.9
(102.0)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
−15.2
(4.6)
|
−11.1
(12.0)
|
−0.4
(31.3)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
16.7
(62.1)
|
21.6
(70.9)
|
22.5
(72.5)
|
21.0
(69.8)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
6.9
(44.4)
|
−3.8
(25.2)
|
−13.1
(8.4)
|
5.8
(42.3)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−22.6
(−8.7)
|
−19.5
(−3.1)
|
−8.6
(16.5)
|
1.0
(33.8)
|
9.5
(49.1)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
16.2
(61.2)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
7.9
(46.2)
|
−0.6
(30.9)
|
−10.9
(12.4)
|
−20.3
(−4.5)
|
−1.6
(29.2)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−28.4
(−19.1)
|
−26.0
(−14.8)
|
−16.0
(3.2)
|
−6.1
(21.0)
|
2.2
(36.0)
|
8.2
(46.8)
|
10.5
(50.9)
|
8.2
(46.8)
|
1.2
(34.2)
|
−6.3
(20.7)
|
−16.4
(2.5)
|
−25.1
(−13.2)
|
−7.8
(17.9)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−45.5
(−49.9)
|
−42.3
(−44.1)
|
−35.6
(−32.1)
|
−23.1
(−9.6)
|
−16.9
(1.6)
|
−3.0
(26.6)
|
1.5
(34.7)
|
−1.8
(28.8)
|
−18.5
(−1.3)
|
−22.0
(−7.6)
|
−31.8
(−25.2)
|
−42.8
(−45.0)
|
−45.5
(−49.9)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
0.7
(0.03)
|
0.5
(0.02)
|
1.9
(0.07)
|
4.3
(0.17)
|
6.8
(0.27)
|
24.9
(0.98)
|
44.6
(1.76)
|
27.0
(1.06)
|
12.2
(0.48)
|
3.0
(0.12)
|
1.3
(0.05)
|
1.4
(0.06)
|
128.6
(5.07)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.6
|
1.0
|
1.6
|
4.3
|
4.2
|
4.5
|
2.1
|
0.5
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
20
|
| Source: NOAA (1963-1990) [1]
|
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