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Coldest place

The coldest place on Earth is the Pole of Inaccessibility (78°N 96°E) in Antarctica. Because There is no one to conduct permanent meteorological observations there, the temperature in this place is determined by calculation, the extrapolated average annual temperature is -57,8 ° С.

The lowest average temperature was recorded at Plateau Station, Antarctica -56,6°С.

The lowest temperature in a calm place

The record low temperature on the earth's surface -89,2°C was recorded at the Soviet inland scientific station Vostok, Antarctica (altitude 3488 m above sea level) on July 21, 1983.

The coldest permanently inhabited place is the village of Oymyakon (population 4000), located at an altitude of 700 m above sea level in the Oymyakon Basin of Yakutia, Russia (63°16 N, 143°15 E). In 1933, the temperature here dropped to -67,7°C.

The biggest snowfalls

In Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA, from February 19, 1971 to February 18, 1972, 31102 mm of snow fell on a flat open area. In the mountains, of course, there are areas where 10-15 meters of snow falls.

Record snowfall (4800 mm) fell on September 13-19, 1959 at the Shasta Ski Stadium, California, USA. During the day, a record amount of snow (1930 mm) fell on April 14-15, 1921 in Silver Lake, Colorado, USA. The deepest snowdrift on a flat surface (1146 mm) was recorded in Tamarack, California, USA in March 1911.

The highest snow depth (669 mm) in the USSR was observed at the Achishkho meteorological station, Caucasus.

The strongest ice storm

An ice storm that swept through eastern Canada and the northeastern United States in January 1998 closed airports and train stations, blocking roads and cutting off power to 3 million people. Almost 600 towers of high-voltage power lines were knocked down. For 5 days, a 10-cm layer of ice was frozen on the wires, which caused numerous breaks, for 2 or more weeks, almost a million people were cut off from power supply. The total amount of damage is estimated at $650 million.

Most avalanche fatalities

During World War I, between 40000 and 80000 people died as a result of avalanches triggered by gunfire in the Tyrolean Alps, Austria.

The largest mass grave under an avalanche

On January 11, 1954, two avalanches descended on the village of Blons near the Argberg Pass, Austria: the first at 8:35 in the morning, the second at 19:00. Of the 376 villagers, 111 were killed and 29 out of 90 houses were destroyed. At the Leduc mine, out of 600 miners, 300 were buried alive.

The largest number of people cut off from the outside world by avalanches

240 people died and more than 45000 were cut off from the outside world as a result of a series of avalanches in the Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps on January 20, 1951. Avalanches were the result of gale-force winds and sleet falling on "dry" snow.

The largest temperature difference observed in the region of the "pole of cold" in Yakutia (Russia). The temperature difference in Verkhoyansk (67°22 N, 133°23 E) is 106.7°С: from the minimum -70°С in winter to +36,7°С in summer.

The largest temperature difference during the day

In Browning, Montana, USA, January 23-24, 1916. a drop in temperature from 6,7°C to -48,8°C was observed, i.e. 55,5°C.

Females sharp warming was observed at Spearfish, South Dakota, USA, where at 7:30 a.m. in the morning within 2 minutes the temperature rose by 27,2°С from -20°С to +7,2°С at 7:32 am.

The most even climate observed in the town of Garapan on the island of Saipan, Mariinsky Islands, Pacific Ocean. For 9 years, from 1927 to 1935 inclusive, the lowest temperature was recorded here on January 30, 1934 (+19,6°С) and the highest - on September 9, 1931 (+31,4°С), which gives a difference of 11,8°C.

From 1911 to 1966, on the island of Fernandudi Noronha off the coast of Brazil, the lowest temperature was recorded on November 17, 1913 (+18,6°C), and the highest on March 2, 1965 (+32°C), which is temperature difference 13,4°C.

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