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- Verchoiansk or Verchojansk
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Verkhoyansk
Russia
Also known as: Verchoiansk, Verchojansk
Verkhoyansk, town, Sakha (Yakutiya), far northeastern Russia, on the Yana River near its confluence with the Sartang. Founded as a fort in 1638 and today a minor centre of tin and gold mining, Verkhoyansk is noted chiefly for its exceptionally low winter temperatures, with a January average of −56 °F (−49 °C). Its minimum, −89.7 °F (−67.6 °C), is surpassed only by Oymyakon on the Indigirka as the lowest ever recorded outside Antarctica. Its highest recorded maximum, 100.4 °F (38 °C) occurred on June 20, 2020, during a period in which Siberia experienced uncharacteristically high spring and summer temperatures. Pop. (2006 est.) 1,309.
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