# Chokurdakh

Chokurdakh (Russian: Чокурда́х; Yakut: Чокуурдаах, Çokuurdaax) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,367.

## Geography

Chokurdakh is located on the left bank of the Indigirka River, below its confluence with the Allaikha. The Yana-Indigirka Lowland lies to the west and northwest, and the Kondakov Plateau to the east, beyond the other bank of the Indigirka.

## History

It was founded in 1936 as the new administrative center of Allaikhovsky District, which was established in 1931. It served as a river port on the Indigirka, connecting to sea traffic using the Northern Sea Route. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1981.

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Allaikhovsky District as the Settlement of Chokurdakh. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chokurdakh is incorporated within Allaikhovsky Municipal District as Chokurdakh Urban Settlement.

## Economy and infrastructure

Chokurdakh is not connected with the outside world by any year-round roads. A winter road follows the Indigirka River upstream when it is frozen, traveling partly along the river ice, leading to Ust-Nera via Belaya Gora and Khonuu.
Chokurdakh is served by the Chokurdakh Airport, one of the most northerly airports in Russia, which may be unusable during strong winds and snowstorms.

## Climate

Chokurdakh has an extreme subarctic climate (Dfc), bordering on polar. Temperatures have never risen above freezing from October 20 through to April 11. The record high is 32.0 °C (89.6 °F) on 23 July 2020 and the record low is −54.4 °C (−65.9 °F) on 9 January 1964.
Climate data for Chokurdakh :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −9.1 (15.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | 4.9 (40.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | −0.9 (30.4) | −6.0 (21.2) | 32.0 (89.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −29.3 (−20.7) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −12.3 (9.9) | −1.2 (29.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | −7.7 (18.1) | −20.1 (−4.2) | −27.7 (−17.9) | −8.9 (16.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −33.4 (−28.1) | −32.7 (−26.9) | −27.1 (−16.8) | −16.9 (1.6) | −4.9 (23.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.6 (51.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | −10.2 (13.6) | −23.3 (−9.9) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −12.7 (9.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −36.6 (−33.9) | −35.9 (−32.6) | −30.7 (−23.3) | −21.4 (−6.5) | −8.3 (17.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.5 (43.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | −0.8 (30.6) | −13.0 (8.6) | −26.4 (−15.5) | −34.3 (−29.7) | −16.1 (3.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −54.4 (−65.9) | −50.3 (−58.5) | −48.2 (−54.8) | −42.6 (−44.7) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −11.2 (11.8) | −1.3 (29.7) | −4.8 (23.4) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −35.1 (−31.2) | −46.9 (−52.4) | −49.8 (−57.6) | −54.4 (−65.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.9 (0.43) | 10.4 (0.41) | 10.7 (0.42) | 8.3 (0.33) | 10.8 (0.43) | 16.2 (0.64) | 23.6 (0.93) | 24.7 (0.97) | 22.8 (0.90) | 23.7 (0.93) | 20.2 (0.80) | 14.3 (0.56) | 196.6 (7.75) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 66 |
| Average snowy days | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 175 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 75 | 75 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 1 | 39 | 193 | 283 | 263 | 293 | 266 | 161 | 84 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1,636 |
| Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun 1961–1990) ||||||||||||||