The Climate of Mongolia
♫ Wednesday, February 16th, 2011The country of Mongolia is situated thousands of miles away from the nearest ocean. Consequently its climate is an extreme form of continental climate with hot summers and very cold winters. The winters in Mongolia are very long and severe with the minimum temperatures at night often falling to -40 F (-40 C) or below. Even the high temperatures are in the range of -4 F ( -20 C). Cold Siberian winds are blowing most of the time at this time of the year. In summer, the weather turns to the other extreme. The land gets hot very quickly and with no sea influence in the vicinity, the mid day thermometer can exceed 95 F (35 C) in midsummer. So Mongolia has a very wide range of temperature indeed.
The precipitation in Mongolia is very scanty. Most part of the country getting less than 15 inches (381 mm) of precipitation. Most precipitation falls in July and August. The precipitation is more in the North and less in the south. So much so that the great Gobi desert to the south gets less than 10 inches ( 250 mm) of precipitation and is one of the driest regions of the world. Only Bactrian camels survive in this type of climate and it is the principal beast of burden in this area. In short Mongolia has a very harsh climate with great variations between summer and winter climate. The best months to visit Mongolia are July and August when temperature are not so hot and the air is less dry.
