Think it's Cold Where You Are?

[Baluug]

With winter coming, I know a lot of people are complaining about how cold it is(myself included ) I thought I should share with you some info I found on Wikipedia about the coldest temperatures ever recorded in places around the world. So if you think it's cold now, always remember it could be worse.

 

Here's a list that goes by the coldest temperature in that area, then the actual temperature, and where it was:

 

On earth −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) Vostok Station, Antarctica

 

Asia −68 °C (−90 °F) Verkhoyansk and

Oymyakon, both Russia

 

North America −66 °C (−87 °F) Northice, Greenland

 

Canada −63 °C (−81 °F) Snag, Yukon Territory, Canada

 

United States −62 °C (−80 °F) Prospect Creek, Alaska

 

Contiguous United States −56.5 °C (−70 °F) Rogers Pass, Montana

 

Europe −58.1°C (−72.6°F) Ust 'Shchugor, Russia

 

For Nuune: Ireland −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) Markree Castle, County Sligo

 

For the UKers:United Kingdom −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) Braemar, Grampian

Altnaharra

 

For JB Africa −24 °C (−11 °F) Ifrane, Morocco

 

Check out the rest here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_recor ds

[Baluug]

What's the coldest weather you've ever experienced? Mine is -47C.

[Ibtisam]

About -10, I think it was 1991, I remember I was freezing and the water on the roads turned to rock hard ice. I was slipping all over the place.

[Paragon]

I'm an esteemed member of the Global Warming committee. I mean the very one that warms and puts it on the stove.

[Jacaylbaro]

The coldest weather ?? ,,, -5 it was. Yes, in France last year.

 

Here, i don't even bother to measure the climate. I just know it is cold and it is hot.

[Baluug]

What surprises me is the fact that so many Somalis have gone to these freezing cold places like Norway, Sweden, Canada, Minnesota etc. But I guess they don't have much of a choice originally, still amuses me though, it reminds me of the scene in the movie Flight 13 where the new qaxooti is being chased through the snow by a dog

[Jacaylbaro]

,,,

 

I think many of them are there but they remain silent and don't wanna talk about it ,,,,,,

[Ariadne]

-40 winnipeg winter in manifroza

[Allamagan]

-18 Aalborg, north Denmark, year 1991.

[Valenteenah.]

-40? Urm, just how many layers and thermals does one need to wear to stop from turning into a block of ice in that sort of temperature?

 

I'm always cold me, anything below 21°C has me reaching for double layers and a hot water bottle.

[underdog]

My first winter in Canada, I'm watching the weather forecast and they say

"We're expecting a high of -12C with a windchill of -20C"

 

So I sitting there wondering is it -12 or -20? Then I'm told "its -12 or -20 depending on where you're standing".

 

wtf?

 

If you're in the wind its 8 degrees colder.

[Yaabka-Yaabkiis]

-18 Malaysia..lol

[Miriam1]

LOOOL Underdog...never never pay attention to those false claims of "A high of -12" its all baout the windchill

 

Last winter was just brutal..every saturday and sunday morning involved one hour of shovelling that white stuff.

[Baluug]

^Looks like we're the ones who are in for a brutal winter this year, it's -30 degrees today and I have to say I'm impressed, it usually doesn't get this cold until early February in Calgary, and it's gonna stay cold all week according to the weather channel.

[Kool_Kat]

I think the coldest I've expereinced was -30...I remember though, back in Jan. of 1999, it snowed so much in Toronto that city officials asked the military for assistance in clearing the roads...