Is Kuban really that rainy?

[PatrickAWlson]

https://www.besttimetovisit.co.za/russia/kuban-3379518/

 

Precipitation on nearly half the days.  Is Kuban really that wet?

[Juri_JS]

The data is for the village Kuban in Oblast Lipezk.

[[CPT]milopugdog]

Location being incorrect or not, I decided to look more into the Caucasus Mountains as a final research paper about their formation, the type of rock present, and also the type of weathering you could encounter in the range for one of my classes last spring.

 

So geographically speaking, there probably is some sort of rain shadow coming off of the range, I think it should be toward the Southern area of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains instead of what we see in-game, which are the Northern Greater Caucasus Mountains.

 

Due to operations in the higher atmosphere, the prevailing Westerlies are heading more North than East; which is why the rain shadow is from the South. So, while some sort of a rain shadow could be formed off of the Black Sea off the Greater Caucasus, most of it will be experienced in areas around Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

 

I'm not sure if that really helps at all, but hopefully it gives an idea of what to expect.

 

Edited November 26, 2020 by [CPT]milopugdog
Grammar, Diagram

[AndyJWest]

A few relevant datapoints, from Wikipedia - though it might be better to check their original sources:

 

Kerch: average 111 rainy days per year, average 30 snowy days per year, average annual precipitation 17.9 inches.

Krasnodar: average 150 rainy days per year, average 39 snowy days per year, average annual precipitation 28.9 inches.
Gelendzhik: average annual precipitation 30.34 inches.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch#Climate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnodar#Climate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelendzhik#Climate

 

You may be able to find data for more locations on Wikipedia, but I'd say that yes, it seems Kuban can be quite wet.

 

 

[Noisemaker]

And somehow, I've yet to see rain in my almost finished Kuban career...

[FoxbatRU]

1 час назад, Noisemaker сказал:

And somehow, I've yet to see rain in my almost finished Kuban career...

I didn't have it until June either. But there were days in which combat work was not carried out. It was probably on rainy days.

[Freycinet]

Also, St. Petersburg is much hotter than I thought it would be...

 

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/St.+Petersburg+FL?canonicalCityId=522e306efa347c0a24b0171e3f862d10b39488621c1ca75ee5ca1f690b45ab56

 

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[gfunc]

Looks like there's as much annual rain as western Scotland.

 

Krasnodar climate

Edited November 30, 2020 by gfunc
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[Bremspropeller]

 

Well, you need some rain to grow tobacco for all those Kuban cigars...

[Yogiflight]

15 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

Well, you need some rain to grow tobacco for all those Kuban cigars...

In the country with its famous leader coming from the German town Castro-Prauxel.