Subzero temperatures break thermometers in world's coldest village in Siberia
Temperatures in the world's coldest village have reached near-record lows -- so low, in fact, that a digital thermometer broke as a result.
Oymyakon is a remote village in Siberia, and it is reportedly the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.
The city got its name from the Oymyakon River, which literally translates to “unfrozen patch of water; place where fish spend the winter" in English.
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According to the Daily Mail, an electronic thermometer was just installed in the village last year as a tourist attraction.
And it reportedly got so cold in the Russian village, that the new device broke after a -79.6ºF swept across the region.
The world record for coldest temperature ever was also recorded in Oymakon when the temperature hit -90.4ºF in 1933.
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The village is home to roughly 500 people and was known to be a stopover for reindeer herders in the 1920s and 1930s.
It was later named a permanent settlement by the Soviet government in efforts to reportedly force its nomadic population to put down roots.