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Oymyakon, Indigirka River, Sakha Republic, Russia
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Although winters in Oymyakon are long and excessively cold, summers are mild, sometimes with hot, and very hot days. The warmest month on record is July 2010 with an average temperature of +18.7 °C (65.66 °F). In June, July and August temperatures over 30 °C (86 °F) are not rare during the day. On July 28, 2010, Oymyakon recorded a record high temperature of 34.6 °C (94 °F), yielding a temperature range of 102.3 °C (184.1 °F). Verkhoyansk and Yakutsk are the only other places in the world with a temperature amplitude higher than 100 °C (180 °F).
The climate is quite dry, but as average monthly temperatures are below freezing for 7 months of the year, substantial evaporation occurs only in summer months. Summers are much wetter than winters.
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