Oymyakon, Russia
-72 F in the midwinter months, while peak lows have hit nearly 100 Fahrenheit under. North of the Sea of Okhotsk in the very depths of Siberia, the town is home to just 500 people throughout the year.
Q) Which Australian City Has The Worst Weather? Adelaide and Melbourne take the crown when it comes to cities with the worst weather in Australia. Both these cities are generally a lot cooler than others and also experience a lot more rainfall and fewer sunny days.
Located right in the center of the Tropical climate zone, and with a subclimate characterized as a tropical monsoon climate, Myanmar has experienced some of the most extreme weather ever seen on Earth. Don't let the beautiful tropical environment fool you, as the climate of this place could be fatal.
Russia. It's the world's coldest country in terms of coldest temperature ever recorded. Places like Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon in the Sakha Republic have created records in terms of freezing cold temperature.
A remote area in Antarctica has been identified as the "coldest place on Earth." According to NASA, the temperatures in the East Antarctic Plateau can dip to a bone-chilling -136° F (-93.3° C).
The wettest city in the world is Buenaventura, where it rains 258 days per year. Australia's rainiest city is Cairns in Queensland, with 117 days of precipitation. The UK's wettest city is Londonderry in Northern Ireland (147 days). The wettest city in the US is Hilo, Hawaii (211 days).
Oodnadatta, South Australia
Of course we Aussies don't have to travel far to feel the heat, especially during the Australian summer months. The record for the highest official temperature ever recorded in Australia belongs to the remote outback town of Oodnadatta in South Australia.
1. Fairbanks, Alaska. With a minimum average temperature of about minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit, Fairbanks takes the cake as the coldest city in the U.S. The northernmost major city in Alaska, Fairbanks has seen record cold temperatures reaching minus 66 degrees in the past.
Wellington, New Zealand, often known as the “Most Southerly Capital City in the World,” is the world's windiest city, with an annual wind speed of roughly 16 mph.
The Atacama Desert is the driest place in the world. Located in Arica, Chile, its annual rainfall is only 0.03 inches.
The Canary Islands climate is considered the best climate in the world, thanks to the year-round pleasant, mild temperatures. This is added to the facts that it rarely rains in the archipelago and that it is the region with the most hours of sunlight per day in Europe.
Death Valley holds the record for the highest air temperature on the planet: On 10 July 1913, temperatures at the aptly named Furnace Creek area in the California desert reached a blistering 56.7°C (134.1°F). Average summer temperatures, meanwhile, often rise above 45°C (113°F).
1 city with the best weather in the U.S.? Honolulu, Hawaii. Honolulu took the top spot with an average annual temperature of 77.7 degrees. While the city endures an average of 93 rainy days per year, it also averages 90 sunny days and zero days where the temperature dips below freezing.
Is Australia hotter than India? India is closer to the equator as compared to Australia, and is therefore expected to be hotter. The average temperature in most of the interior regions of India is 90–104 °F. Whereas in Australia the average temperature in summer is 86 °F.
Tasmania is Australia's coldest state overall because it is closer to the polar zone compared to the other Australian states and territories, and experiences more frequent bursts of cold Antarctic air. The coldest nights occur when the conditions are clear and calm, especially if there is snow cover.
Perth is Australia's sunniest major city. Its summier is much sunnier than Sydney's, although Sydney has the sunnier winter.
Liawenee and surrounding Miena Dam experience annual mean maximum temperatures of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F) and 10.1 °C (50.2 °F), respectively, and are thus amongst the coldest permanently inhabited places in Australia; irrespective of Miena Dam, Liawenee is colder on this metric than notable mainland sites of a similar ...
South Australia is usually the driest state in Australia, with 2022 being no exception, having an average of 310.8mm average. South Australian city Adelaide only experiences around 50 days of rainfall per year, while areas more central like Oodnadatta and Coober Petty only experience about 15 days of rainfall per year.
Why it is so cold in Russia. Most of Russia's cities are located west of the Ural Mountains and below the Arctic Circle in more temperate climates. Over 80 percent of the country's population lives here. Although it gets up to 27 degrees Celsius in the summer, even in Moscow, the winters are harsh.
Uranus holds the record for the coldest temperature ever measured in the Solar System: a very chilly -224℃. The temperature on Neptune is still very cold, of course – usually around -214℃ – but Uranus beats that. The reason why Uranus is so cold is nothing to do with its distance from the Sun.
An astonishing -62.4°C was recorded in Tongulakh, Siberia, on Jan. 14. In addition to becoming Earth's coldest temperature recorded in 2023, the all-time station record was broken in Tongulakh.