Register in Verkhoiansk, a Siberian town beyond the Polar Circle where the temperature drops to -60 ° C in winter. Pending validation, the 48.8 degrees of Sicily as a new European high
Verkhoiansk, in Siberia 115 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, is known for being the “coldest city in the world”. In Verkhoiansk, temperatures have been measured with regularity and precision since 1885 and in winter the average is stable below -30 degrees, often reaching peaks of 60 below zero. On June 20, 2020, 38 degrees were measured in Verkhoiansk, which the World Meteorological Organization has now validated as a new record for the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic. “This record is a new alarm bell on the changes that are taking place in the climate,” commented Petteri Taalas, secretary general of the UN weather agency.
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