Thought your winter was cold? Temperatures in the world’s coldest city have plunged to minus 62.7°C (minus 80.9 degrees Fahrenheit) – the coldest in more than two decades, meteorologists say.
That comes just two days after the city’s previously set record of minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit).
Yakutsk, the capital city of Russia’s Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia, is widely identified as being one of the coldest places in the world. Large parts of Russia are currently experiencing record low temperatures and Yakutsk is seeing an abnormally long cold snap.
January is the city’s coldest month and, although most are accustomed to freezing temperatures, residents in the remote region are taking extra precautions to keep warm.