The coldest temperatures ever recorded on Earth
- Kyle Brookings

- Jul 17
- 1 min read

This is likely a story to cool you off. In the winter months it can be cold. Most of us bundle up with the temperature drops below zero. While the definition of extreme cold varies in different parts of Canada, there is no debating these cold temperatures that have been recorded around the world.
Here are the ten coldest temperatures ever recorded on Earth.
It should come as no surprise that the coldest temperature ever recorded is in Antarctica. Vostok station recorded a temperature of -89.2°C on July 21, 1983.
Klinck, Greenland takes the number two spot when the mercury dropped to -69.6°C on December 22, 1991, followed by Oymyakon, Russia at -67.8°C in 1933.
We all know Canada made the list. Snag, Yukon reached a temperature of -63°C on February 3, 1947.
Tajikistan's Lake Bulunkul dropped to -63°C as well on January 7, 1933.
Prospect Creek in Alaska recorded a temperature of -62.2°C on January 23, 1971.
The last four on our list are in Asia. Genhe, China dropped to -58°C back in 2009. Atbasar, Kazakhstan recorded a temperature of -57°C on January 8, 1893. The Züüngovi area of Mongolia hit -55.3°C in 1976 and the Aksay Region in Kyrgyzstan fell to -53.6°C on January 7, 1969.
What temperature do you consider cold?


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