If you thought it was cold where you are at the moment then a visit to the Russian village of Oymyakon might just change your mind.With the average temperature for January standing at -50C (-58F), it is no wonder the village is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.
Known as the 'Pole of Cold', the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon was -71.2C (-96.2F). This is the lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited location on Earth. Ironically, Oymyakon actually means 'non-freezing water' due to a nearby hot spring.
(thanks Cora)
2 comment(s):
Thanks, I don't feel so cold now.
Quite warm where I am, that's because it is the middle of summer.
Think outside the hemisphere you live on.
Jeez.
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