Coldest City!

 

You have to wonder why over 269,000 people have decided to make Yakutsk, Russia (Якутск) their permanent home :).  It's responsible for a fifth of the world's production of diamonds, is home to many productive mining companies, it is a significant player in the food industry and has many job opportunities, but that being said,  it's freezing cold!  It has an extreme subarctic climate and has the coldest temperatures in the world for any city.   The average temperature in July of a comfortable 67.1 degrees to an average in January of -36.6 degrees!  It holds the coldest recorded temperature in the world not located in Antarctica at -83.9 degrees.   In 2012, there highest was 101.1 degrees in the summer and -83.9 in the winter, that's extreme!  I love this picture below.. nothing stops little children from having a wonderful time.  It is the biggest city ever built on continuous permafrost, and houses are required to be build on concrete piles.  I'm not so sure I could survive in such extremes :).  But I must admit,  I love their winter fashion :). 

Climate data for Yakutsk, 1971-2000
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	−5.8 (21.6)	−2.2 (28)	8.3 (46.9)	21.1 (70)	31.1 (88)	35.1 (95.2)	38.4 (101.1)	35.4 (95.7)	27.0 (80.6)	18.6 (65.5)	3.1 (37.6)	−3.9 (25)	38.4 (101.1)
Average high °C (°F)	−35.1 (−31.2)	−28.6 (−19.5)	−12.3 (9.9)	1.7 (35.1)	13.2 (55.8)	22.4 (72.3)	25.5 (77.9)	21.5 (70.7)	11.5 (52.7)	−3.6 (25.5)	−23.1 (−9.6)	−34.3 (−29.7)	−3.4 (25.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−38.6 (−37.5)	−33.6 (−28.5)	−20.1 (−4.2)	−4.8 (23.4)	7.5 (45.5)	16.4 (61.5)	19.5 (67.1)	15.2 (59.4)	6.1 (43)	−7.8 (18)	−27 (−17)	−37.6 (−35.7)	−8.8 (16.2)
Average low °C (°F)	−41.5 (−42.7)	−38.2 (−36.8)	−27.4 (−17.3)	−11.8 (10.8)	1.0 (33.8)	9.3 (48.7)	12.7 (54.9)	8.9 (48)	1.2 (34.2)	−12.2 (10)	−31 (−24)	−40.4 (−40.7)	−14.1 (6.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−63 (−81)	−64.4 (−83.9)	−54.9 (−66.8)	−41 (−42)	−18.1 (−0.6)	−5.4 (22.3)	−1.5 (29.3)	−7.8 (18)	−14.2 (6.4)	−40.9 (−41.6)	−54.5 (−66.1)	−59.8 (−75.6)	−64.4 (−83.9)
Precipitation mm (inches)	9 (0.35)	8 (0.31)	7 (0.28)	8 (0.31)	20 (0.79)	35 (1.38)	38 (1.5)	37 (1.46)	31 (1.22)	18 (0.71)	16 (0.63)	10 (0.39)	237 (9.33)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1 mm)	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.9	3.8	7.3	6.5	6.0	5.3	6.1	5.7	4.1	53.7
% humidity	76	76	70	60	54	57	62	67	72	78	78	76	68.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours	18.6	98.0	232.5	273.0	303.8	333.0	347.2	272.8	174.0	105.4	60.0	9.3	2,227.6
Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net[18]

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