{"id":471,"date":"2025-11-02T00:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:25:59","slug":"iqlimi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/tabiat\/iqlimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The climate of the Zomin National Nature Park is diverse and characterized as sharply continental, with rapid changes in weather conditions. The highest air temperatures occur in <span class=\"s2\"><b>June\u2013August<\/b><\/span>, while the coldest are observed in <span class=\"s2\"><b>December\u2013January<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The presence of a powerful mountain barrier on the <span class=\"s2\"><b>southeastern part of the Turkestan mountain system<\/b><\/span>, and the openness of its northern section, have a significant impact on the park\u2019s microclimate. The diversity of relief forms, which depend on the steepness of slopes, leads to an <span class=\"s2\"><b>uneven distribution of solar radiation and precipitation<\/b><\/span>. As a result of external influences, soil fertility varies across the territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">According to <span class=\"s2\"><b>geobotanical zoning<\/b><\/span>, the juniper forests are divided into two groups: <span class=\"s2\"><b>new thermophilic<\/b><\/span> and <span class=\"s2\"><b>microthermic<\/b><\/span> types.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\">In the first zone, the dominant formation is the <\/span><b>Zarafshan juniper (Juniperus seravschanica)<\/b><span class=\"s3\">, while in the second zone \u2014 the <\/span><b>semi-spherical juniper (Juniperus semiglobosa)<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> and the <\/span><b>Turkestan juniper (Juniperus turkestanica)<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> prevail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Zarafshan juniper grows in the <span class=\"s2\"><b>lower mountain zone<\/b><\/span> at altitudes of <span class=\"s2\"><b>1,700\u20132,300 meters<\/b><\/span> above sea level. The semi-spherical juniper occurs in the <span class=\"s2\"><b>middle mountain zone<\/b><\/span> between <span class=\"s2\"><b>2,000\u20132,500 meters<\/b><\/span>, and the Turkestan juniper is found in the <span class=\"s2\"><b>upper mountain zone<\/b><\/span> at altitudes of <span class=\"s2\"><b>2,500\u20133,300 meters<\/b><\/span>. As elevation increases, the climate of the park gradually changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Based on <span class=\"s2\"><b>hydrometeorological data<\/b><\/span>, three main climate types are identified within the park:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">in the upper zone \u2014 <span class=\"s1\"><b>dry<\/b><\/span>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">in the middle zone \u2014 <span class=\"s1\"><b>humid (sub-humid)<\/b><\/span>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">in the lower zone \u2014 <\/span><b>moist sub-nival (humid-subnival)<\/b><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">The park\u2019s climate is distinguished by its <span class=\"s2\"><b>regional specificity<\/b><\/span> and <span class=\"s2\"><b>seasonal temperature variation<\/b><\/span>. The difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures is quite significant. Local atmospheric circulation is determined by the <span class=\"s2\"><b>daily wind regime<\/b><\/span>: at night, winds blow from the mountains down to the valleys, while during the day, the opposite occurs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Precipitation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">The annual amount of precipitation in the park varies between <span class=\"s2\"><b>295 and 405 mm<\/b><\/span>. About <span class=\"s2\"><b>70.4%<\/b><\/span> of this falls between <span class=\"s2\"><b>April and October<\/b><\/span>. In summer, precipitation occurs mostly as rain, while at higher elevations it can fall as <span class=\"s2\"><b>snow or hail<\/b><\/span>. In the high mountain zones, <span class=\"s2\"><b>snow avalanches<\/b><\/span> may occur until <span class=\"s2\"><b>June<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This phenomenon results from cold, moist air masses entering from the <span class=\"s2\"><b>western slopes of the Turkestan mountain range<\/b><\/span>, which, due to the width of the mountain system, cannot be completely blocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Seasonal distribution of precipitation is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>50\u201363%<\/b><span class=\"s1\"> during the <\/span><b>spring season<\/b><span class=\"s1\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>6\u201318%<\/b><span class=\"s1\"> during the <\/span><b>summer season<\/b><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">In the <span class=\"s2\"><b>middle mountain zone<\/b><\/span>, the <span class=\"s2\"><b>drought period<\/b><\/span> can last up to <span class=\"s2\"><b>three months<\/b><\/span>. In the upper mountain parts, precipitation is distributed more evenly \u2014 about <span class=\"s2\"><b>50% in winter<\/b><\/span> and <span class=\"s2\"><b>50% in spring<\/b><\/span>. During the <span class=\"s2\"><b>summer-autumn period<\/b><\/span>, the main precipitation occurs in <span class=\"s2\"><b>August\u2013September<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\">The <\/span><b>snow cover<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> begins to form in the <\/span><b>upper mountain zone<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> at the <\/span><b>end of September or early October<\/b><span class=\"s3\">, and in the <\/span><b>middle zone<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> in <\/span><b>mid-October or early November<\/b><span class=\"s3\">. The <\/span><b>duration<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> of snow cover ranges from <\/span><b>60 to 190 days<\/b><span class=\"s3\">; in the middle zone it lasts <\/span><b>120\u2013124 days<\/b><span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\">The <\/span><b>melting period<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> of snow occurs between <\/span><b>late March and early April<\/b><span class=\"s3\">. The <\/span><b>average snow depth<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> is <\/span><b>30\u201340 cm<\/b><span class=\"s3\">, and the number of <\/span><b>frost-free days<\/b><span class=\"s3\"> is approximately <\/span><b>164 days<\/b><span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The climate of the Zomin National Nature Park is diverse and characterized as sharply continental, with rapid changes in weather conditions. The highest air temperatures occur in June\u2013August, while the coldest are observed in December\u2013January. The presence of a powerful mountain barrier on the southeastern part of the Turkestan mountain system, and the openness of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":465,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions\/640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npzaamin.uz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}