 This is because of the influence of the East Asian monsoon in summer and the bitterly cold Siberian High in winter.The second largest city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has even more violent temperature swings than Khabarovsk with winter average lows below but in spite of this avoiding being subarctic because of the significant heat in summer.There are a number of peninsulas along the krai's extensive coast, the main ones being (north to south) the Lisyansky Peninsula, Nurki Peninsula, Tugurskiy Peninsula and the Tokhareu Peninsula.