Earth Science 7-St.Petersburg, Russia
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St.Petersburg, Russia--User:Lauren Amaris Smith 4 October 2010 (CDT)
Basics
Latitude: 59° 55' North Longitude: 30° 25' East [1]
Average Temperatures
January avg. 22 Max:27 Min:17
Febuary avg.19 Max:26 Min:11
March avg:27 Max:35 MIn:19
April avg:41 Max:50 Min: 32
May avg:49 Max:58 Min:38
June avg:61 Max:70 Min:49
July avg:64 Max:74 Min:54
August avg:61 Max:70 Min:50
September avg:51 Max:59 Min:42
October avg:42 Max:48 Min:36
November avg:30 Max:34 Min:24
December avg:22 Max:27 Min:15 [2]
Bodies of water near St.Petersburg, Russia
Neva river Baltic Sea
Elevation
highest elevation is 42 meters above sea level
Temperature
Winter: 18 degrees farenheit
Summer: 64 degrees farenheit
Average Monthly Rainfall(mm)
Jan:35
Feb:30
Mar:31
Apr:36
May:45
Jun:50
Jul:72
Aug:78
Sept:64
Oct:76
Nov:46
Dec:40
Classification
St.Petersburg, Russia,is classified as dfc (cool continental climate/subarctic climate)
Since my city is so close to the sea, the climate is hotter in the winters and has cooler summers.Also, its latitude/longitude make it so that it is near the north pole, getting more indirect sunlight, therefore making it cooler.St.Petersburg sometimes has severe winds and storms because it is at the polar front, where warm westerlies and polar easterlies collide. Warm currents run through the waters closest to St.Petersburg, also modifying the climate. My city has a relativley low pressure zone. [5]
Geology
Tectonic Plate
St.Petersburg is on the Eurasian plate,and is 1,567.91 miles away from the nearest boundary, which is a divergent boundary. The type of rock beneath the City is Sedimentary. I know this because there have been fossils found in Russia, and also there re many floods, which would erode the earth near St.Petersburg,and cause sediments to form, which later could be compacted and cemented in to sedimentary rocks.
