What’s the temperature like where you live today?
Did it feel a bit chilly when you went outside?
Winter is coming, winter is here and at some places, winter never leaves!
Join us as we count down the coldest places on earth ever recorded!
Snag, Canada.
Snag is located in Yukon, Canada and here, temperatures can drop really low.
No one actually lives here permanently, a lot of scientists and meteorologists however
use it as a base of operations while observing weather.
Even though temperatures during the summer can reach up +30C in the winter it can plummet
down to -63C , making Snag the coldest place in continental North America!
North Ice, Greenland.
The name North Ice suggests it would be cold and no surprise, it is!
There used to be a research station here back in the 1950’s and around 30 people lived
here for two years.
Would you like to live here for two years?
Then pack your warmest gloves as the temperature can hit -66C.
I think I’ll pass!
Klinck Nunatak, Greenland.
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered
with ice or snow.
Klinck Nunatak is obviously a Nuntak, and a rather cold one with temperatures dropping
as low as a bone freezing -69.4C. I don’t know about you but Greenland is a country
I think was very poorly named.
Verkhoyansk, Russia.
People live here, they actually live here!
Verkhoyansk is a small town in Russia where the average temperature during the winter
is about -45C however temperatures down to -69.8C has been recorded.
I’m not sure what makes people stay but maybe it’s the summer where temperatures
can rise to 37.3C talk about difference in temperature!
In fact the town holds the world record for greatest temperature range on Earth and if
you ever want to visit, they do have their own airport!
Oymyakon, Russia.
Recognized as the coldest regularly inhabited places on Earth, Oymyakon has a small town
with about 500 residents.
The temperature can go as low as -71.2C but usually stays around -50C during the winter
months.
Oymyakon has never recorded an above freezing temperature between October and March and
June and July are the only months where temperature has never dropped below −10C Does this mean
it’s winter all year round?
Not exactly, fortunately the people of Oymyakon can get to experience somewhat warm summers,
in 2010 the warmest month to date was recorded with an average temperature of +18.7 °C.
Finally time to put on my beachwear and blow up the inflatable ball I got for Christmas
10 years ago!
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica.
This scientific research station in the southernmost place on earth is continuously inhabited by
various scientists and researchers coming and going.
Built in 1956, it has been rebuilt, demolished, expanded, and upgraded several times.
It’s location also makes it an excellent spot for astronomical observations since it’s
“night” about 6 months per year.
It is also during this “night” period it gets really cold, temperatures of down
to -73C has been recorded.
Denali, Alaska.
Denali, also called Mount McKinley is the highest mountain in Northern America.
It’s over 6000m high and is a popular destination for climbers worldwide.
The natives have always referred to the mountain as Denali, however the U.S government only
recognized it as Mount McKinley, named after an old presidential candidate.
However, in 2015 the mountain got it’s old name back and is now officially called Denali
.. should we say..
Again?
So how cold can it get for those poor climbers up there?
Temperatures have been recorded of up to -75C with wind chill down to -83C.
On average you can expect it to be around -40 to -50C.
Want to go climbing?
This mountain is known to be the coldest mountain on earth so don’t forget to pack extra socks
if you head up there!
Dome A, Antarctic Plateau.
Just the name, Dome A, makes it sound like some kind of secret alien facility hidden
away from everyone to see.
It’s actually not much to see at Dome A though, except ice and a little snow.
It is the highest ice dome in Antarctica, scientists like it because it’s a good place
to obtain ice core samples for the research of past climates and despite what you might
think, it is quite dry.
Only about 1-3cm of snow falls here every year.
The coldest temperature recorded here is -82.5C but temperatures here lie quite consistent
around -80C.
It’s hard to imagine what you could possibly wear to stay warm here!
Russia’s Vostok research station, Antarctica.
The station serves as a research facility for ice core drilling and for measuring magnetism
and even though The Vostok Research Station still officially is THE coldest place on earth
we are going to throw you a curveball and put this on as number 2!
There is however no shame in being number two when you can go as low as -89.2C on a
chilly day!
It is coldest during June, July and August and it was in July the record temperature
of -89.2C was set.
If you want to visit you should do so in January, if you are lucky it will only be about -14C
but then again, that was a heat record.
Dome Fuji Ridge, East Antarctic Plateau.
We know it’s not official, it’s not in the Guinness Book of World Records but we
feel it fell on the finish line due to a silly technicality and therefore, Dome Fuji Ridge
is our number one!
This ridge is located between Dome A, the number three on our list and another dome
called Dome Fuji.
In 2010 NASA satellite data showed an amazing temperature drop here, measuring the temperature
to -93.2C!
You know what happens when the temperature reaches -100C right?
The world blows up!
I’m joking!
Anyway, since the NASA satellites didn’t record the temperature directly, it didn’t
count as an official new world record.
Here at Countdown Central we couldn’t let a thing like that stand in the way and therefore
we declare Dome Fuji Ridge as the coldest place on Earth!
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