THE COLDEST AND HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH
Added on: 13th Mar 2016
KLINCK RESEARCH STATION, GREENLAND
ONE OF EARTH'S COLDEST PLACES
BEGINNING OUR TOP FIVE COLDEST PLACES AND BARELY EDGING
OUT NORTH ICE, GREENLAND, THE KLINCK RESEARCH STATION
IN GREENLAND HAS CHARTED TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS
-92 DEGREES F (-69.4 DEGREES C). THIS STATION WITHIN THE
ARCTIC CIRCLE IS LOCATED ON A NUNATAK (OR GLACIAL
ISLAND). A ROCKY RIDGE OR MOUNTAIN NOT COVERED
IN ICE BUT ON THE EDGE OF A GLACIER.
VERKHOYANSK, RUSSIA
VERKHOYANSK IN RUSSIA MAINTAINS A WINTER MONTH AVERAGE
OF -50 DEGREES F (-45.4 DEGREES C). FOR COMPARISON,
MOSCOW’S WINTER MONTH AVERAGE IS 16 DEGREES F
(-8.8 DEGREES C). BELIEVE IT OR NOT, VERKHOYANSK BOASTS
A PORT AND AN AIRPORT DESPITE THE FRIGID WEATHER.
OYMYAKON, RUSSIA, THE COLDEST
INHABITED PLACE ON EARTH
THE COLDEST INHABITED PLACE ON EARTH, OYMYAKON, RUSSIA,
IS IN THE BRUTAL HEART OF SIBERIA. THIS HAS NOT STOPPED
ITS 472 RESIDENTS FROM GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES,
INCLUDING TAKING THE BUS AND RAISING CATTLE, IN THE
RECORD COLD OF -96 DEGREES F (-71.2 DEGREES C).
THE GROUND IS PERMANENTLY FROZEN SO SOME
RESIDENTS MUST GO TO AN OUTHOUSE AWAY FROM
THEIR HOME TO USE THE TOILET.
MOUNT MCKINLEY, ALASKA
SECOND COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH
ALASKA’S MOUNT MCKINLEY, ALSO CALLED DENALI, IS THE
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE COLDEST
MOUNTAIN ON EARTH. WINTER TEMPERATURES GENERALLY FALL
TO -40 DEGREES F (-40 DEGREES C) AND HAVE GONE AS LOW
AS -101 DEGREES F (-73.8 DEGREES C) IN THIS SECOND
COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH.
RIDGE BETWEEN DOME FUJI & DOME ARGUS,
ANTARCTICA, THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD
ANTARCTICA COULD EASILY TAKE THE FIRST FOUR PLACES ON
THE LIST OF THE COLDEST PLACES IN THE WORLD WITH
VOSTOK RESEARCH STATION, DOME A, AND THE AMUNDSEN-SCOTT
SOUTH POLE STATION TAKING SPOTS 2-4, RESPECTIVELY -BUT A LIST
WOULD BE BORING IF IT WAS JUST THOSE! THOUGH ALL THESE
LOCATIONS BEAR SHOCKINGLY LOW TEMPERATURES, THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD WAS MEASURED ON A
RIDGE BETWEEN DOME FUJI AND DOME ARGUS BY AN
AMERICAN SATELLITE IN 2010 AS A DASTARDLY COLD
-136 DEGREES F (-93.2 DEGREES C).
DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, USA
HOTTEST PLACE IN NORTH AMERICA
THE DRIEST SPOT IN NORTH AMERICA IS ALSO ITS HOTTEST
THOUGH ONLY FIFTH IN OUR TOP FIVE HOTTEST PLACES IN THE
WORLD. CALIFORNIA’S DEATH VALLEY IS THE LOWEST PLACE
IN NORTH AMERICA AND SET ITS RECORD OF 135 DEGREES F
(57 DEGREES C) IN 1913. LOCAL HIGH PRESSURE AIR
CURRENTS KEEPS THE AIR CIRCULATING BUT THERE IS NOT
MUCH OF A COOLING BREEZE AS HOT AIR JUST BEGETS HOT AIR.
EL AZIZIA, LIBYA
FORMER HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH
FORMERLY HOLDING THE RECORD AS THE HOTTEST PLACE ON
EARTH, LIBYA’S EL AZIZIA IS JUST SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL,
TRIPOLI. DESPITE ITS PROXIMITY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
SEA, EL AZIZIA HAS AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
117 DEGREES F (47 DEGREES C) AND REACHED
136 DEGREES F (57.78 DEGREES C) IN 1922 (THOUGH THIS IS
DISPUTED AS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A THERMOMETER
MALFUNCTION).
TURPAN, CHINA
THIRD HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH
BEYOND BEING THE THIRD HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH, TURPAN,
CHINA IS ALSO THE THIRD-LOWEST EXPOSED SPOT ON ITS
SURFACE. DARK RED SANDSTONE ABSORBS THE SUN’S RAYS
AND BROUGHT THE AREA UP TO A RECORD 152 DEGREES F
(66.8 DEGREES C) IN 2008.
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
HOTTEST PLACE IN AUSTRALIA
THOUGH MOST PEOPLE THINK OF AUSTRALIA AS HOT ALL OVER,
SOME PLACES ARE WAY HOTTER THAN OTHERS. QUEENSLAND
IS MASSIVE, DRY AND HOT, RECORDING A BLISTERING
157 DEGREES F (69.3 DEGREES C) BY A NASA SATELLITE IN 2003.
DASHT E LUT, IRAN
HOTTEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
IRAN’S LUT DESERT TAKES THE TOP OF THE PILE FOR THE
HOTTEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. IN 2005, TEMPERATURES
REACHED A STAGGERING 160 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
(71 DEGREES C). SCIENTISTS HAVE NOT EVEN FOUND
BACTERIA ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THIS DESERT.
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