why does place like oymyakon, verkhoyansk cant beat antartica low temperature?

Answer 1

The main reason will be distance from the sea.

In cold weather longer the land track to a place, the more heat the ground takes out of the air.

Conversely, air masses travelling over water normally pick up heat.

This is reversed in hot weather.

While Verkhoyansk (I can't find the other place) is quite a way from the sea it is not as far from is at the coldest parts of the Antarctic.

Add in the effects of human habitation and you'll never get the same low temperatures.

Answer 2

Good answer there from weatherman.

Rough rules of thumb: the further from the equator, the further from the seas and oceans and the higher up you go the colder it can get.

Oymyakon isn't particularly far north (it's just short of the Arctic Circle) but it is at a high elevation, has a continental climate and nestles in a valley in the shadow of high mountains, all these things combine to give it an extremely cold climate with temps rarely reaching above freezing point.

It holds the (disputed) record for the coldest temp recorded in the northern hemisphere (Canada also lays claim to this record and the Oymyakon record wasn't taken from an actual reading by by the process of interpoloation).

Colder temps are recorded in Antarctica but not very often - perhaps a few dozen times but that's all. The Russian reserach station at Vostok in Antarctica holds the record for the lowest ever temp - some 17°C colder than the lowest temp at Oykyakon.


TO WEATHERMAN: Oymyakon lies in north-eastern Siberia at approx 63°N 142°E

Answer 3

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