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Verkhoyansk ( yakut. Verhoyanskay ) - a city in the Verkhoyansk District of Yakutia , on the right bank of the river Yana.

Population - is 1212 people. ( 2013 ) . Verkhoyansk is one of the smallest towns in Russia. Verkhoyansk is one of the coldest places on earth , the coldest city in the world . The lowest temperature of is 67,8 ° C was recorded here in February 1892 . Verkhoyansk is often called the cold pole of the northern hemisphere .

The winter is extreme cold, dry and long , summers are short but warm and relatively dry ( there are hot periods ) , although there is sharp cold snap. The city with the largest difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures. Rainfall is small 150-200 mm. There is the light morning frost the whole year round , including summer.

In Verkhoyansk was marked minimum temperature in April ( -57.2 ) , October ( -48.7 ) and May ( -34.2 ) in Russia.

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