The World Meteorological Organization has recorded the planet's coldest place discovered in Central Greenland, Taarifa reports.
This WMO confirmed on Wednesday that an automated weather station named Klinck, located near the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet, measured a temperature of -69.6°C (-93.3°F) on December 22, 1991.
Klinck, located at 72°18'N and 40°28'W, at an altitude of 3,105 m, is the new record holder for coldest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere.
Previously recorded temperatures were of -67.8°C (-90.0°F), recorded in Russia at both Verkhoyansk in February 1892, and Oymyakon in January 1933. The coldest recorded temperature in the world still stands at -89.2°C (-128.6°F), set on July 21, 1983, at the Vostok weather station in Antarctica.
'In the era of climate change, much attention focuses on new heat records,' WMO Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas said in a press release on Wednesday. 'This newly recognized cold record is an important reminder about the stark contrasts that exist on this planet.'
'It is testimony to the dedication of climate scientists and weather historians that we are now able to investigate many of these older records and secure a better global understanding of not only current, but also historical, climate extremes,' Taalas added.
According to the WMO, with the establishment of the World Weather and Climate Extremes archive in 2007, this 1991 record temperature was measured well before they began closely monitoring these extremes.
Source : https://taarifa.rw/greenland-sets-new-record-for-extreme-cold/
