Saturday, January 08, 2011

Russia: Powerful blanket of CO2 drives daytime high all the way up to -65 degrees F

Oimyakon in Russia records minus 61.2 degrees Celsius - The Times of India
VLADIVOSTOK: Air temperatures of minus 61.2 degrees Celsius were reported last night in the settlement of Oimyakon in Russia's republic of Yakutia, known as the cold pole.

Daytime temperatures here rose to minus 53.9 degree Celsius. An intense spell of cold weather will stay in Oimyakon with a population of 500 for several days more, according to weather forecasts.

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