Editing Magadan (section)

== Geography ==
The {{ill|Magadanka River|ru|Магаданка}}, a 192&nbsp;km long river flowing to the [[Sea of Okhotsk]], passes the city. The city is located on the isthmus of the [[Staritsky Peninsula]] by the [[Nagaev Bay]].
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magadan, Gertner Bay.jpg|View of Gertner Bay, Cape Red and Kekurny Island
Freezing_the_waters_of_the_Sea_of_Okhotsk._Magadan.jpg|Nagaev Bay
Каменный_венец_в_профиль.jpg|Gorokhovoe Pole
Laika ac Magadan beach (6457763827).jpg|Magadan beach, July 2011
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Ecologically situated in the [[Northeast Siberian taiga]], the town's arboreal flora is made up of [[conifer]] trees, such as [[fir]]s and [[larch]]es, and [[silver birch]]es.<ref>[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/russia/russian-far-east/outer-far-east Sakha Republic & Magadan Region is pine trees and rushing rivers] by the [[Lonely Planet]]</ref> The city is surrounded by mountains to the west and northeast. [[Permafrost]] and [[tundra]] cover most of the region. The growing season is only one hundred days long.<ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/travel/the-sea-of-okhotsk/ THE SEA OF OKHOTSK] by the [[National Geographic]]</ref>

The city of Magadan is on the same longitude as the suburbs of [[Greater Western Sydney]], [[Australia]], which lie on the eastern end of the [[150th meridian east]] line, bordering the [[151st meridian east|151st meridian]] and is on the same latitude as Southern [[Scandinavia]], and the far north of [[Scotland]].

=== Climate ===

The [[climate]] of Magadan is [[subarctic climate|subarctic]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfc''). Winters are prolonged and very cold, with up to six months of sub-zero high [[temperatures]], so that the [[soil]] remains permanently frozen; although they are still much milder than those of interior eastern Siberia. Average temperatures on the coast of the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] range from {{convert|−22|C}} in January to {{convert|+12|C}} in July. Average temperatures in the interior range from {{convert|−38|C}} in January to {{convert|+16|C}} in July. Due to the wet nature of October and November, a snowpack is built up early, which then lasts throughout the winter even while the influence from the [[Siberian High]] lowers precipitation throughout those months.

*Highest temperature: {{convert|27.8|C}} on July 15, 2021
*Lowest temperature: {{convert|-37|C}} on December 20, 1995
*Warmest month: {{convert|14.1|C}} in July, 2009
*Coldest month: {{convert|-25.0|C}} in January, 1933
*Warmest year: {{convert|-1.3|C}} in 2017
*Coldest year: {{convert|-5.0|C}} in 1967
*Highest daily Precipitation: {{convert|108|mm}} in July, 2014
*Wettest month: {{convert|306|mm}} in July, 2014
*Wettest year: {{convert|1004|mm}} in 1950
*Driest year: {{convert|226|mm}} in 1947

{{Weather box
|location=Magadan (1991–2020, extremes 1930–present)
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
|Jan record high C = 2.4 
|Feb record high C = 3.2 
|Mar record high C = 5.8
|Apr record high C = 9.7
|May record high C = 22.3
|Jun record high C = 24.5
|Jul record high C = 27.8
|Aug record high C = 26.1
|Sep record high C = 20.2
|Oct record high C = 13.8
|Nov record high C = 6.6
|Dec record high C = 3.6
|year record high C = 
|Jan high C = −13.3
|Feb high C = −12.5
|Mar high C = −7.5
|Apr high C = −1.1
|May high C = 5.4
|Jun high C = 11.5
|Jul high C = 15.1
|Aug high C = 15.1
|Sep high C = 10.8
|Oct high C = 2.1
|Nov high C = -7.0
|Dec high C = −12.3
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = -15.6
|Feb mean C = -15.4
|Mar mean C = -10.9
|Apr mean C = -4.1
|May mean C = 2.2
|Jun mean C = 8.0
|Jul mean C = 12.1
|Aug mean C = 12.2
|Sep mean C = 7.8
|Oct mean C = -0.7
|Nov mean C = -9.5
|Dec mean C = -14.5
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = −17.8
|Feb low C = −17.8
|Mar low C = −13.9
|Apr low C = −6.9
|May low C = −0.2
|Jun low C = 5.5
|Jul low C = 9.9
|Aug low C = 9.9
|Sep low C = 5.3
|Oct low C = -3.0
|Nov low C = −11.7
|Dec low C = −16.6
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = −34.6
|Feb record low C = −33.3
|Mar record low C = −30.8
|Apr record low C = −23.5
|May record low C = −10.8
|Jun record low C = -3.0
|Jul record low C = 2.0
|Aug record low C = -1.0
|Sep record low C = −6.3
|Oct record low C = −21.1
|Nov record low C = −26.9
|Dec record low C = −37.0
|year record low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 18
|Feb precipitation mm = 14
|Mar precipitation mm = 21
|Apr precipitation mm = 24
|May precipitation mm = 40
|Jun precipitation mm = 52
|Jul precipitation mm = 67
|Aug precipitation mm = 102
|Sep precipitation mm = 85
|Oct precipitation mm = 75
|Nov precipitation mm = 61
|Dec precipitation mm = 27
|year precipitation mm = 586
|Jan snow depth cm = 26
|Feb snow depth cm = 24
|Mar snow depth cm = 25
|Apr snow depth cm = 24
|May snow depth cm = 9
|Jun snow depth cm = 0
|Jul snow depth cm = 0
|Aug snow depth cm = 0
|Sep snow depth cm = 0
|Oct snow depth cm = 5
|Nov snow depth cm = 23
|Dec snow depth cm = 31
|year snow depth cm = 31
|Jan humidity = 65
|Feb humidity = 64
|Mar humidity = 65
|Apr humidity = 71
|May humidity = 78
|Jun humidity = 82
|Jul humidity = 86
|Aug humidity = 83
|Sep humidity = 78
|Oct humidity = 69
|Nov humidity = 66
|Dec humidity = 64
|year humidity = 73
|Jan rain days = 0.1
|Feb rain days = 0.3
|Mar rain days = 0.3
|Apr rain days = 2
|May rain days = 11
|Jun rain days = 17
|Jul rain days = 21
|Aug rain days = 20
|Sep rain days = 19
|Oct rain days = 10
|Nov rain days = 2
|Dec rain days = 0.1
|year rain days = 103
|Jan snow days = 16
|Feb snow days = 16
|Mar snow days = 16
|Apr snow days = 17
|May snow days = 12
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 1
|Oct snow days = 14
|Nov snow days = 19
|Dec snow days = 16
|year snow days = 127
|Jan sun = 77.3
|Feb sun = 132.6
|Mar sun = 211.4
|Apr sun = 235.9
|May sun = 226.3
|Jun sun = 228.5
|Jul sun = 196.0
|Aug sun = 175.6
|Sep sun = 157.3
|Oct sun = 142.9
|Nov sun = 79.9
|Dec sun = 50.2
|year sun = 
|source 1 = Погода и Климат<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/25913.htm
| title = КЛИМАТ МАГАДАНА 
| access-date = 8 November 2021 
| publisher = Погода и Климат
| language = ru}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/RussianFederation/CSV/Magadan_25913.csv
| title = Magadan Climate Normals 1991-2020
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 7 November 2021}}</ref>
|date=August 2024
}}