 The average January temperatures increase in the western areas from –20 °C in the Polar to –15 °C in the Southern Urals and the corresponding temperatures in July are 10 °C and 20 °C.The western areas also received more rainfall than the eastern ones by 150–300 mm per year.The highest precipitation (1000 mm) is in the Northern Ural that causes the average height of snow up to 90 cm.