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1838 Temperature Report
- When
- 1838
- Where
- Yakutsk
A legacy record attributes to 1838 a report of −60 °C at Yakutsk, described as the first known report of Earth's lowest temperature; no supplied passage corroborates it.
The legacy data indicates a report on January 21, 1838, stating −60 °C, but no supplied passage confirms the report, its date, or its value. The priority claim is contested because the lowest temperatures recorded on Earth outside Antarctica and Greenland occurred in the Yana River basin northeast of Yakutsk, and Yakutsk itself recorded −64.4 °C on February 5, 1891.
Sources
- Yakutsk Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
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