Village in Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Karasu (Kazakh: Қарасу) is a village in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center and the only significant inhabited place of Karasu District (KATO code - 395230100).[1] Population: 3,728 (2009 Census results);[2] 4,374 (1999 Census results).[2][3]
Geography
The village is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the west of the northern shore of lake Koybagar, at a bend in river Karasu, which flows northwards, and then bends eastwards into the western shore of the lake.[4][5]
Climate
| Climate data for Karasu (1991–2020)
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
−11.9
(10.6)
|
−10.6
(12.9)
|
−3.1
(26.4)
|
10.8
(51.4)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
25.9
(78.6)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
−2.3
(27.9)
|
−9.4
(15.1)
|
8.4
(47.1)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−16.0
(3.2)
|
−15.1
(4.8)
|
−7.7
(18.1)
|
4.8
(40.6)
|
13.9
(57.0)
|
19.1
(66.4)
|
20.3
(68.5)
|
18.6
(65.5)
|
12.0
(53.6)
|
4.3
(39.7)
|
−6.1
(21.0)
|
−13.4
(7.9)
|
2.9
(37.2)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−20.2
(−4.4)
|
−19.4
(−2.9)
|
−12.1
(10.2)
|
−0.5
(31.1)
|
6.9
(44.4)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
13.9
(57.0)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
6.1
(43.0)
|
−0.5
(31.1)
|
−9.8
(14.4)
|
−17.4
(0.7)
|
−2.4
(27.7)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
13.1
(0.52)
|
14.5
(0.57)
|
18.5
(0.73)
|
22.1
(0.87)
|
32.7
(1.29)
|
35.6
(1.40)
|
46.7
(1.84)
|
35.5
(1.40)
|
24.2
(0.95)
|
24.0
(0.94)
|
19.7
(0.78)
|
17.1
(0.67)
|
303.7
(11.96)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
4.1
|
4.2
|
4.4
|
4.3
|
6.0
|
5.2
|
7.0
|
6.1
|
4.8
|
5.8
|
5.2
|
4.9
|
62
|
| Source: NOAA[6]
|
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