1. Chapter 1: Examples of Vernacular Architecture
1.1 Irkutsk
As we know from the last homework, Irkutsk is a city located in the southern part of Russia, which is one of the largest cities in Siberia. We saw that its temperature arrange between 30˚C and -40˚C as hourly temperature, So it had had a borderline subarctic climate, characterized by an extreme variation of temperatures between seasons. It can be very warm in the summer, and very cold in the winter. Precipitation also varies widely throughout the year, with July also being the wettest month, when precipitation averages 113 millimeters (4.4 in). The driest month is February, when precipitation averages only 7.6 millimeters (0.30 in). Almost all precipitation during the Siberian winter falls as flurry, dry snow.