In Siberia, over the past few days, the temperature has dropped below -62 degrees, which is the lowest in the last 20 years. Moreover, in a village in the Amur region, the temperature did not rise above -52 degrees even during the day for almost a week.

In Siberia, from year to year in the coldest places, temperatures of -55 C are recorded, but temperatures below -60 C are much rarer. These days, a cold wave brought the lowest temperatures since 2002.

On January 10, Jalinda, a village of 1,000 inhabitants and 20 streets, located at 70 degrees north latitude, had a temperature of -62.1 degrees. On January 11, it was -61.3 C, and between January 6 and 11, even highs did not exceed -52 C. The absolute minimum ever recorded at Jalinda was -63.5 C.

On January 10, the maximum daytime temperature was -58.3 degrees Celsius.

Interestingly, Jalinda, if you can call her that, was also hot. More precisely, on January 1, the maximum was -14 degrees, and much warmer weather lasted until January 4 inclusive, when the maximum was -20 degrees. On January 5, the minimum is -54.3 degrees.

In summer, the maximums exceed +30 C every year.

Oymyakon recorded -59.7C on January 11, while Deliankir recorded -60.1C, making it three days in a row with highs below -54C.

The title of “world pole of cold” is shared by two villages in Russia: the famous village of Oimiyakon (500 inhabitants) and the small town of Verkhoyansk (1300 inhabitants).

Oymyakon: -67.7 C on February 6, 1933

Verkhoyansk: -67.7 C, February 5 and 7, 1892

Sources: Ogimet, Washington Post