Novy Port

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Novy Port ({{langx|ru|Но́вый Порт}}, lit. New Port) is a settlement in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the mouth of the Ob River. Population: 1,797.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

Along with Dikson, it is the main port on the Kara Sea.{{cite news|url=http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/commercial-arctic-passage-nearing-goal/|title=Commercial Arctic Passage Nearing Goal|date=2009-09-04|author=Andrew Revkin|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-09-05}} Its main industry is a fish factory.

In the 1930s, Novy Port was an interim coal bunkering port for providing power to vessels traversing the Northern Sea Route.

{{cite book

|isbn=978-0-8371-8886-7

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FI0OAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Novyi+Port%22+%22Northern+Sea+Route%22&pg=PA48

|title=The northern sea route and the economy of the Soviet North

|date=1956

|author=Constantine Krypton

|publisher=Taylor & Francis

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026015224/http://books.google.ca/books?id=FI0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22Novyi+Port%22+%22Northern+Sea+Route%22&source=bl&ots=AxI-a_BHQf&sig=UYVgykLfxCrXLhJ8p1srDOI6X9c&hl=en&ei=ARSjSo6WConiMNH7iPAP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=%22Novyi%20

|url-status=live

|archivedate=2012-10-26

}}

The Northern Sea Route is so long that the Soviets tried to power each leg of the voyage by locally mined coal. The coal bunkered at Novy Port was, at that time, mined from other Soviet Arctic ports.

Climate

Novy Port has a severe subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). The weather (even in the warmest month, July) is notoriously unpleasant. Winter lasts eight months, and precipitation is low throughout a year.

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|location= Novy Port

|metric first = Yes

|Jan record high C = 0.6

|Feb record high C = 1.4

|Mar record high C = 7.1

|Apr record high C = 6.1

|May record high C = 17.6

|Jun record high C = 29.7

|Jul record high C = 32.8

|Aug record high C = 30.1

|Sep record high C = 22.5

|Oct record high C = 13.7

|Nov record high C = 3.6

|Dec record high C = 0.7

|Jan high C = -21.1

|Feb high C = -20.6

|Mar high C = -15.6

|Apr high C = -9.4

|May high C = -1.7

|Jun high C = 10.6

|Jul high C = 17.2

|Aug high C = 14.1

|Sep high C = 8.2

|Oct high C = -3.9

|Nov high C = -12.8

|Dec high C = -17.2

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -23.9

|Feb mean C = -23.9

|Mar mean C = -18.3

|Apr mean C = -12.8

|May mean C = -4.4

|Jun mean C = 6.2

|Jul mean C = 13.0

|Aug mean C = 10.6

|Sep mean C = 5.3

|Oct mean C = -6.1

|Nov mean C = -15.6

|Dec mean C = -19.4

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -27.8

|Feb low C = -27.8

|Mar low C = -22.8

|Apr low C = -17.2

|May low C = -6.7

|Jun low C = 2.8

|Jul low C = 8.7

|Aug low C = 6.9

|Sep low C = 2.4

|Oct low C = -8.3

|Nov low C = -18.3

|Dec low C = -23.9

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -50.9

|Feb record low C = -49.4

|Mar record low C = -48.1

|Apr record low C = -39.9

|May record low C = -29.2

|Jun record low C = -13.3

|Jul record low C = -0.9

|Aug record low C = -4

|Sep record low C = -14.7

|Oct record low C = -30.3

|Nov record low C = -40.3

|Dec record low C = -47.7

|Jan precipitation mm = 24.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 19.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 22.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 23.0

|May precipitation mm = 26.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 31.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 35.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 47.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 37.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 36.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 25.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 27.2

|year precipitation mm = 357.4

|source =[http://climatebase.ru/station/23424/?lang=en climatebase.ru]{{cite web |url=https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=23242&ano=2022&mes=8&day=9&hora=12&min=0&ndays=30|title=23242: Novy Port (Russia) |author= |date=8 August 2022 |website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET|access-date=9 August 2022 }}

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