“The Kerbo weather station recorded the lowest air temperature on the planet in the past 24 hours – minus 48.5 ° C,” the Russian Federal Hydrometeorological Center reported to TASS. According to forecasters, two other places in the “world's top 3” for coldness are also in Russia. “Silver” reached the Komaka weather station in the Lensky ulus of Yakutia, where the temperature dropped to -47.9 ° C. In third place was the Yakut village of Shelagontsy in the Oleneksky ulus: -47.3 °C was recorded there. While cold reigns in these spots, the opposite warm record belongs to the Southern Hemisphere. The hottest spot on the planet is the South African city of Apinkton, where the air warms up to +40.6 °C. Following in the ranking are the Australian cities of Canberra (+40.2 °C) and Adelaide (+39.8 °C). It was previously reported that the Arctic cold would reach the European part of Russia at the weekend. Image created with AI / Svetlana Vozmilova
