Vysokaye

Vysokaye means "high" (same as ), as in Wysokie Litewskie (Lithuanian Heights). That was also its name before 1940, when it belonged to Poland. It is about 15 kilometers from Polish border and majority of its citizens are Belarusians. == History ==

celebrations in 1933 Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wysokie was a private town of the Sapieha, Jabłonowski and Potocki families, administratively located in the Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. King Stanisław August Poniatowski stopped in the town during his travel from Białystok to his birthplace of Wołczyn in 1775. In September 1939, Vysokaye was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1944, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR. From 23 June 1941 until 28 July 1944, Vysokaye was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of Bezirk Bialystok. The Germans established a ghetto for local Jews. They were murdered on November 2, 1942. ==Climate==

On 1 January 2023, a temperature of 16.4 °C was recorded in the town, the highest ever January temperature recorded in the country. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Vysokaye (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 6.4 | Feb record high C = 8.5 | Mar record high C = 15.6 | Apr record high C = 23.2 | May record high C = 27.2 | Jun record high C = 30.2 | Jul record high C = 31.6 | Aug record high C = 31.4 | Sep record high C = 26.6 | Oct record high C = 20.7 | Nov record high C = 13.7 | Dec record high C = 7.5 | year record high C = 31.6 | Jan high C = -0.4 | Feb high C = 1.2 | Mar high C = 6.4 | Apr high C = 13.9 | May high C = 19.6 | Jun high C = 22.8 | Jul high C = 24.9 | Aug high C = 24.4 | Sep high C = 18.6 | Oct high C = 12.1 | Nov high C = 5.5 | Dec high C = 1.0 | year high C = 12.5 | Jan mean C = -2.7 | Feb mean C = -1.8 | Mar mean C = 2.2 | Apr mean C = 8.5 | May mean C = 13.8 | Jun mean C = 17.3 | Jul mean C = 19.2 | Aug mean C = 18.5 | Sep mean C = 13.4 | Oct mean C = 7.9 | Nov mean C = 3.0 | Dec mean C = -1.2 | year mean C = 8.2 | Jan low C = -5.1 | Feb low C = -4.5 | Mar low C = -1.4 | Apr low C = 3.3 | May low C = 8.1 | Jun low C = 11.6 | Jul low C = 13.6 | Aug low C = 12.8 | Sep low C = 8.5 | Oct low C = 4.3 | Nov low C = 0.7 | Dec low C = -3.4 | year low C = 4.0 | Jan record low C = -17.6 | Feb record low C = -15.1 | Mar record low C = -9.8 | Apr record low C = -3.3 | May record low C = 1.0 | Jun record low C = 5.8 | Jul record low C = 8.4 | Aug record low C = 7.0 | Sep record low C = 1.5 | Oct record low C = -3.7 | Nov record low C = -7.5 | Dec record low C = -13.5 | year record low C = -17.6 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 40.5 | Feb precipitation mm = 39.0 | Mar precipitation mm = 35.3 | Apr precipitation mm = 39.8 | May precipitation mm = 60.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 66.7 | Jul precipitation mm = 79.3 | Aug precipitation mm = 60.1 | Sep precipitation mm = 56.3 | Oct precipitation mm = 42.9 | Nov precipitation mm = 41.0 | Dec precipitation mm = 43.2 | year precipitation mm = 604.4 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 10.0 | Feb precipitation days = 10.0 | Mar precipitation days = 9.2 | Apr precipitation days = 7.6 | May precipitation days = 9.4 | Jun precipitation days = 9.8 | Jul precipitation days = 9.9 | Aug precipitation days = 7.8 | Sep precipitation days = 8.0 | Oct precipitation days = 8.1 | Nov precipitation days = 9.0 | Dec precipitation days = 10.0 | year precipitation days = 108.8 | source = NOAA ==Notes==