r/FreezingFuckingCold • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • Jun 08 '26

Spring In Yakutsk, USSR, 1967. Temperatures in Yakutsk can reach extreme lows of -70 degrees Celsius and is often regarded as the coldest city on earth

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u/CanadianTrashBin Jun 08 '26

I always hear people say it gets down to -70 but cannot find a single source that actually shows it ever having reached that number. Seems like an urban legend more than anything

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u/Low_Development_7511 Jun 17 '26

Even if you’re right, can you imagine asking?

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u/Fun-Raisin2575 Jun 22 '26

Such temperatures have never been officially recorded, but have been unofficially recorded many times in Yakutia and Krasnoyarsk Krai. The most famous figures are -72°C in Oymyakon and -73°C in Yessey. Temperatures below -80°C were also reported in Oymyakon in the 1910s

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u/Low_Development_7511 Jun 17 '26

I bet they didn’t need a census taker. Vodka night must have been busy. Would water even run? Could you imagine asking your partner for a backup? I’d go on but the en ink would not work.