The lowest temperature on planet Earth was recorded in 1885 in Verkhoyansk. This is located in Eastern Siberia, meteorologists measured a temperature of -68 degrees below zero. This has never happened before, not a single polar expedition of such data has not yet ascertained. This information was first published in the journal New Word in June 1910.
Since then, the lowest temperature has increased by another 20 degrees. At the Soviet Vostok station in 1983, a temperature of 89.2 degrees was recorded with a minus sign. To date, it is considered the lowest of all registered.
Since then, the Vostok station, located in the center of the Antarctic continent, has been considered the South Pole of the whole Earth, that is, the place where the lowest temperatures in that hemisphere meet.
Now 2 settlements - Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk - claim the title of the coldest area.
In Verkhoyansk, the lowest temperature was recorded - minus 67.8 degrees. This has already been mentioned a little higher. In 1933, Verkhoyansk confirmed its record. In the same year, almost the same temperature was recorded in Oymyakon, only 0.1 degrees warmer. There is evidence that in this area in 1924 there was a temperature of minus 71.2 degrees, and in 38 -77.8.
Even if Verkhoyansk ceases to be the North Pole, it will still remain famous due to the set record for the largest average annual temperature amplitude of 61.8 degrees.
Residents of Oymyakon believe that the lowest temperature was in their area. They say that if you measure the temperature at sea level, then Verkhoyansk will lose. The Vostok station is located at an altitude of 3488 meters above sea level, which is an explanation of why the lowest temperature was there. This debate continues to this day and there is no end to it, since the prestige of the village depends on it. Only time and continued temperature measurement will help put everything in its place.
When the street is cold, all the inhabitants of Russia suffer, often they do not even leave their homes. Most of the torment goes to residents of the northern regions, and especially in residential buildings, since the heat must be maintained independently. To do this, you need a lot of fuel or firewood, which are not cheap at all. Animals suffer from frost, not all survive, many die.
Frost is a very terrible natural phenomenon, only the strongest heat can be compared with it. Most recently, the lowest temperature was found in Russia, and all in the same Oymyakon. According to many sources, the fact that this is the lowest temperature on Earth has become known. One way or another, the place with the lowest recorded temperature is located in the Russian Federation. This further strengthens the opinion of foreigners that Russia is a country of winter and severe frosts. For all its negative qualities, frost is an integral part of the idea of the inhabitants of Russia about their homeland. A huge number of folk beliefs and folklore are associated with winter and frost. Not a single Russian can imagine his life without snow, Epiphany frost, riding a troika, sledding.