In your opinion, what's the pole of cold of the Northern Hemisphere? (record, temperature)

[Cambium]

Wonder if they got this station transmitting anything and how cold it is. Its 2,200 metres above sea level in Greenland. (7200'). Didnt know about this. Pretty neat story actually.

https://twitter.com/65degnorth/statu...82089629593600

[Patricius Maximus]

Verkhoyansk/Oymyakon is my choice because it has colder winters, which is the most reasonable criterion if you ask me.

[error-404]

Eismitte has probably broken -70ºC before, the records shown are only for one year and already have several -60ºC or lower readings.

[Shalop]

It's a matter of convention. It depends on what you want "Pole of cold" to mean.



-Coldest annual mean in the NH: Summit Camp
-Coldest annual mean in the NH of inhabited places: Resolute NU
-Coldest winter means in the NH: Oymyakon
-Coldest overall wind chills in the NH: Summit Camp
-Coldest wintertime wind chills in the NH: Denali (https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/ti...ap&raw=0&w=325)
-Coldest wind chills in the NH of inhabited places: Cambridge Bay NU
-Coldest official record low in the NH: Verkhoyansk

Et cetera.


Also, places like Eismitte and Delyankir don't count because the data is sketchy and doesn't cover a long enough period of record.

[Isleofpalms85]

I’d imagine it would be somewhere in Canada or in Siberia it’s exact location is open to subjective opinion and speculation of course.

[marlaver]

Originally Posted by Shalop

It's a matter of convention. It depends on what you want "Pole of cold" to mean.



-Coldest annual mean in the NH: Summit Camp
-Coldest annual mean in the NH of inhabited places: Resolute NU
-Coldest winter means in the NH: Oymyakon
-Coldest overall wind chills in the NH: Summit Camp
-Coldest wintertime wind chills in the NH: Denali (https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/ti...ap&raw=0&w=325)
-Coldest wind chills in the NH of inhabited places: Cambridge Bay NU
-Coldest official record low in the NH: Verkhoyansk*1
Et cetera.


Also, places like Eismitte and Delyankir don't count because the data is sketchy and doesn't cover a long enough period of record.

*1 Correction: Coldest low in NH is, again, Greenland with -69.6ºC at Klinck. And Coldest low for an inhabited place is at Oymyakon (-67.7ºC vs -67.6ºC from Verkhoyank, wiki is wrong).

[Shalop]

Originally Posted by marlaver

Coldest low in NH is, again, Greenland with -69.6ºC at Klinck.

No, I don't believe that is an officially recognized record. There is a widespread belief that Oymyakon once reached -71.2C, but this is not officially recognized either. At least cite a source if you believe this Klinck record is recognized by WMO, any national meteo agency, or any scientifically credible body.


Edit: Ok I found an article which explains that it was "apparently" recorded by an automated remote weather station which was placed there for one year. This seems slightly credible, but as I said it is not an officially recognized record. https://www.wunderground.com/blog/we...-on-earth.html

I guess it depends on what you are personally willing to accept as "official." Admittedly, those old records from Russia also have their own credibility issues despite being official.

Originally Posted by marlaver

Coldest low for an inhabited place is at Oymyakon (-67.7ºC vs -67.6ºC from Verkhoyank, wiki is wrong).

You can call it a tie. There is no point in arguing about a 0.2ºC discrepancy for a record which is from the 1800s. That is far beyond the margin of error given the instrumentation of that time. See the discussion here: https://wmo.asu.edu/content/northern...st-temperature

[FrozenI69]

I’d go with the place having lowest mean temperature, Eismette.
Verkohyansk has warmer summers than London and not really a true arctic climate.
No wonder people whine that British summers are pathetic .

[Mhc1985]

The coldest spot in the Northern Hemisphere in terms of annual average is definitely the summit of Mount Denali.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Rochester, NY lol