Former Soviet rocket launch site on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land
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Location of Heiss Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago
Ernst Krenkel Observatory (Russian: Обсерватория имени Эрнста Кренкеля), also known as Kheysa, was a former Soviet rocket launching site located on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land.[1] It is named after a famous Arctic explorer Ernst Krenkel, a member of the crew of the North Pole-1 drift ice station and other notable Soviet polar expeditions.
It served the MR-12 from 1956 to 1980 for the start of research in rocketry.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Ernst Krenkel Observatory, Heiss Island
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| Month
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Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
1.9
(35.4)
|
0.0
(32.0)
|
1.6
(34.9)
|
0.7
(33.3)
|
2.6
(36.7)
|
8.0
(46.4)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
8.4
(47.1)
|
5.6
(42.1)
|
3.8
(38.8)
|
1.3
(34.3)
|
1.7
(35.1)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
−19.2
(−2.6)
|
−19.5
(−3.1)
|
−19.4
(−2.9)
|
−15.6
(3.9)
|
−6.5
(20.3)
|
0.1
(32.2)
|
2.1
(35.8)
|
1.4
(34.5)
|
−1.2
(29.8)
|
−8.1
(17.4)
|
−13.9
(7.0)
|
−18.4
(−1.1)
|
−9.9
(14.2)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−22.7
(−8.9)
|
−23.1
(−9.6)
|
−23
(−9)
|
−18.7
(−1.7)
|
−8.7
(16.3)
|
−1.4
(29.5)
|
0.7
(33.3)
|
0.1
(32.2)
|
−2.7
(27.1)
|
−10.4
(13.3)
|
−17.4
(0.7)
|
−21.8
(−7.2)
|
−12.4
(9.7)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−26.2
(−15.2)
|
−26.5
(−15.7)
|
−26.5
(−15.7)
|
−21.6
(−6.9)
|
−10.8
(12.6)
|
−2.8
(27.0)
|
−0.3
(31.5)
|
−1.0
(30.2)
|
−4.2
(24.4)
|
−12.9
(8.8)
|
−20.3
(−4.5)
|
−25.1
(−13.2)
|
−14.9
(5.2)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−42.1
(−43.8)
|
−44.4
(−47.9)
|
−43.5
(−46.3)
|
−39.6
(−39.3)
|
−27.7
(−17.9)
|
−12.3
(9.9)
|
−4.3
(24.3)
|
−8.5
(16.7)
|
−23.2
(−9.8)
|
−32.3
(−26.1)
|
−39.5
(−39.1)
|
−41.5
(−42.7)
|
−44.4
(−47.9)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
32
(1.3)
|
31
(1.2)
|
20
(0.8)
|
15
(0.6)
|
13
(0.5)
|
10
(0.4)
|
18
(0.7)
|
22
(0.9)
|
26
(1.0)
|
21
(0.8)
|
24
(0.9)
|
27
(1.1)
|
259
(10.2)
|
| Average rainy days
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
3
|
12
|
12
|
6
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
0
|
34
|
| Average snowy days
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
16
|
22
|
15
|
7
|
10
|
18
|
24
|
21
|
19
|
209
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
83
|
82
|
80
|
81
|
85
|
88
|
91
|
92
|
90
|
86
|
84
|
83
|
85
|
| Source: pogoda.ru.net[3]
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References
External links
80°27′N 58°03′E / 80.450°N 58.050°E / 80.450; 58.050
