Oymyakon climate

Name: Oymyakon
Address: Sakha (Yakutia), NE Siberia, Russia

Russia · Sakha (Yakutia), NE Siberia · 63.461° N, 142.786° E

Köppen Dfdextreme subarcticContinental

Coldest inhabited place: -50C winters yet +30C summers, the planet's most violent continental temperature swing.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 72°F / 22°C

Coldest month

January, -53°F / -47°C

Annual swing

124°F / 69°C

Wettest month

July

Driest month

February

Rain per year

6.8" / 173 mm

Snow per year

19.3" / 490 mm

Elevation

2228 ft / 679 m

Time zone

Asia/Ust-Nera

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	-43 / -41	-53 / -47	0.00 / 0	0.7 / 17	61%	2.0 / 3.2	72%
February	-29 / -34	-45 / -43	0.00 / 0	0.4 / 9	63%	2.3 / 3.7	52%
March	2 / -16	-22 / -30	0.00 / 0	1.1 / 28	69%	3.3 / 5.3	57%
April	26 / -4	-1 / -18	0.01 / 0	3.4 / 86	68%	3.9 / 6.3	59%
May	48 / 9	25 / -4	0.73 / 19	4.3 / 108	62%	4.9 / 7.9	71%
June	69 / 20	45 / 7	1.14 / 29	0.1 / 2	53%	4.4 / 7.1	58%
July	72 / 22	50 / 10	2.33 / 59	0.0 / 0	61%	4.2 / 6.8	65%
August	64 / 18	43 / 6	1.54 / 39	0.0 / 1	69%	3.9 / 6.3	63%
September	46 / 8	29 / -2	1.06 / 27	2.5 / 65	71%	4.4 / 7.1	62%
October	21 / -6	8 / -13	0.00 / 0	2.9 / 74	68%	3.6 / 5.8	65%
November	-14 / -26	-25 / -32	0.01 / 0	2.8 / 71	72%	2.8 / 4.5	78%
December	-43 / -42	-52 / -47	0.00 / 0	1.2 / 30	64%	2.1 / 3.4	76%

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