Delyankir (russian: Делянкир) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Settlement
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*Settlement (fin ...
of
Artyk in
Oymyakonsky District
Oymyakonsky District (russian: Оймяко́нский улу́с; sah, Өймөкөөн улууһа, ''Öymököön uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...
of the
Sakha Republic,
Russia
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, located from Artyk
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''] on the
Kolyma Highway on the border with
Magadan Oblast. Its population as of the
2010 Census was three people,
[This figure is given for the rural population of Artyk Urban Settlement, a municipal formation in Oymyakonsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Delyankir is the only rural locality on the territory of this municipal formation.] down from four recorded during the
2002 Census.
Climate
Delyankir has an extreme
subarctic climate (
Köppen climate classification
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''Dwd'') with very short and mild to cool summers, followed by very long, dry, and extremely cold winters. Although summers are very mild on average, sometimes it can be surprisingly hot, especially for a place with such northerly latitude. The highest recorded temperature in July was 35.1°C. It is one of the coldest places in the northern hemisphere and the world, alongside
Oymyakon
Oymyakon, ; sah, Өймөкөөн, ''Öymököön'', is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, northwest of Tomtor on the Koly ...
and
Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk ( rus, Верхоянск, p=vʲɪrxɐˈjansk; sah, Верхоянскай, ''Verkhoyanskay'') is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, from Batagay, the ad ...
. On the night of December 8-9, 2021, the temperature went down to -61.1ºС, making it the coldest temperature recorded in December. Although in terms of the lowest-ever recorded temperature Oymyakon remains the coldest verifiable location, the year-round average temperature recorded at Delyankir's weather station between 1951 and 1989 was , lower than that of Oymyakon.
[Р. Н. Иванова (R. N. Ivanova).]
Рекордно низкие температуры в Евразии
" (''Record Low Temperatures in Eurasia''). Published in ''Vestnik JaGU'', #3, 2006, pp. 13–19
Delyankir is also one of the rare places in the world with a temperature amplitude higher than 100 °C (180 °F).
References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Oymyakonsky District
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Rural localities in Oymyakonsky District