2 hours ago40 degrees a day, meet the coldest city in the world.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)With a host of winter storms pouring over the United States this week, but also over European countries earlier, many have felt that this year's cold has been rare. But temperatures, however low people may seem to be in these places, are hard to compare with those in [...]
But temperatures, however low people may seem to be in these places, are hard to compare with those in Yakutsk, Russia. The inhabitants of this remote Siberian city face temperatures below -34 degrees Fahrenheit [-34 ° C] since December 8, on Wednesday, which dropped to -50.6 degrees Celsius on January 19.
And the city has also scored a new record, with its temperature below -40 degrees for almost two months. With a population of about 300 thousand, Yakutsk is the largest city in the world built on permanent cold. And for many angles, the weather below zero would guarantee a snowy day, for children living there, any temperature above -40 degrees Celsius, is considered cold, but not much... Schools there close only when temperatures go to -55 degrees Celsius, except for gardens that close if Wednesday falls to -50 degrees. And for adults, it's normal.
Many would think that such weather would make residents thirsty for wine, when temperatures are more reasonable, about 18.5 degrees Celsius. But it turns out that Yakutsk residents prefer winter, broadcast news.net.
Instead of breaking into the sun, the long summer days for them must be spent repairing homes and businesses so that they can face another harsh winter. And fortunately they say, the warm season only lasts a few weeks... But while Yakutsk is the coldest city on earth, it is not the coldest inhabited earth. This honor belongs to a neighboring village, Oymyako, where some 500 people live. “The cold pole” holds the record for the lowest temperature ever documented in a residential location, a frost of -77.2 degrees of steel.
