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For the 2007 film titled Lieksa! in Finnish, see The Matriarch (film).

Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The town of Lieksa was established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated.

Populated places

Populated places within Lieksa include:

Geography and climate

Lieksa has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) with more continental characteristics than most of Scandinavia, making it prone to extreme temperatures, especially in winter. In summer temperatures regularly exceed 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and the highest temperature ever recorded was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in July 1934. Also, during the Heatwave of 2010, the temperature in Lieksa reached 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) degrees. In winter, the snow cover is usually around 60 cm deep. On a typical winter night, the temperature drops to around −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) and readings as low as −30.0 °C (−22.0 °F) are not unusual. The coldest temperature ever observed in Lieksa was −47.0 °C (−52.6 °F) in December 1919.[3]

Climate data for Lieksa, 1981-2010 normals, extremes 1916-present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.7
(44.1) 		6.6
(43.9) 		11.6
(52.9) 		23.6
(74.5) 		29.3
(84.7) 		31.8
(89.2) 		35.6
(96.1) 		31.9
(89.4) 		24.3
(75.7) 		18.4
(65.1) 		10.4
(50.7) 		7.6
(45.7) 		35.6
(96.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −6.9
(19.6) 		−6.3
(20.7) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		5.8
(42.4) 		13.4
(56.1) 		18.5
(65.3) 		21.4
(70.5) 		18.4
(65.1) 		12.6
(54.7) 		5.8
(42.4) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		6.4
(43.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.5
(13.1) 		−10.3
(13.5) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		1.3
(34.3) 		8.2
(46.8) 		13.6
(56.5) 		16.5
(61.7) 		13.8
(56.8) 		8.8
(47.8) 		3.3
(37.9) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		−8
(18) 		2.4
(36.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −14.7
(5.5) 		−14.8
(5.4) 		−9.6
(14.7) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		2.8
(37.0) 		8.3
(46.9) 		11.5
(52.7) 		9.5
(49.1) 		5.1
(41.2) 		0.9
(33.6) 		−5.9
(21.4) 		−11.6
(11.1) 		−1.8
(28.7)
Record low °C (°F) −41.8
(−43.2) 		−42.4
(−44.3) 		−38.8
(−37.8) 		−21.4
(−6.5) 		−15.0
(5.0) 		−6.5
(20.3) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		−21.5
(−6.7) 		−30.5
(−22.9) 		−47.0
(−52.6) 		−47.0
(−52.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 39
(1.5) 		31
(1.2) 		31
(1.2) 		28
(1.1) 		48
(1.9) 		68
(2.7) 		83
(3.3) 		80
(3.1) 		64
(2.5) 		56
(2.2) 		47
(1.9) 		45
(1.8) 		620
(24.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 21 18 16 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 20 22 201
Source 1: FMI[4]
Source 2: FMI (record highs and lows)[5]

Notable natives

See also

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference population_count was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference total_area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "FMI normals 1981-2010" (PDF). FMI. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ^ "FMI open data". FMI. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

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