While Oymyakon is the coldest human settlement on earth, its not as cold as a spot at the bottom of the world in Antarctica where, according to NASA, temperatures have gotten to as low as -133 ...

MOSCOW -- Even thermometers can't keep up with the plunging temperatures in Russia's remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas Tuesday. In Yakutia -- a region of ...

Oymyakon, located in the Siberian region of Russia, holds the chilling title of the coldest inhabited place on Earth. Temperatures here can drop as low as -67.7°C (-89.9°F), a bone-chilling ...

There's cold, then there's Siberia cold. Oymyakon, Russia — already considered the world's coldest permanently inhabited town — sank to a mind-numbing 88 degrees below zero on Tuesday.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, Oymyakon's record-high temperature was recorded at 34.6 Celsius (94.3 F) in July, while the record low was clocked in at –67.7 Celsius (-89.9 F).

However, as temperatures dwindled to -62C, the thermometer broke down because it was too cold. The coldest temperature ever recorded in a permanently inhabited area was -68C in Oymyakon in 1933.

Oymyakon, Russia, is the coldest inhabited town on Earth. Its population of 500 people braves temperatures that have dipped to -90 degrees Fahrenheit.

This is Oymyakon, a settlement of some 500 people in Russia’s Yakutia region, that has earned the reputation as the coldest permanently occupied human settlement in the world.