It's gone a little chilly in Yakutsk

[DUMBO100]

My Father in Law has been working in Kazakhstan for the last 15 years and in every indoor photo of him he's wearing shorts and t-shirt and has the windows open. Apparently the government pay for heating and it's left at it's warmest setting all winter

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Rude-boy said:

First year we went to Saariselka it dipped to -47 one night.

The locals were taking about hearing the logs that made up their homes cracking in the cold. We were moaning about the bottle of Port that had frozen in my back pack having walked up to the top of the mountain to spend the night watching the lights.

First and only time I have formed ice on eyelashes and brows!

I've had that in Wick.....in July.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Rude-boy said:

First year we went to Saariselka it dipped to -47 one night.

The locals were taking about hearing the logs that made up their homes cracking in the cold. We were moaning about the bottle of Port that had frozen in my back pack having walked up to the top of the mountain to spend the night watching the lights.

First and only time I have formed ice on eyelashes and brows!

I feel that we (as in the male of the species), has lost the opportunity to determine how high off the ground you have to be for you to make your pee freeze before it reaches the ground.

[Lost soul]

drivin_me_nuts said:

I feel that we (as in the male of the species), has lost the opportunity to determine how high off the ground you have to be for you to make your pee freeze before it reaches the ground.

10-15 ft if the weather was cold enough

[Du1point8]

Rude-boy said:

First year we went to Saariselka it dipped to -47 one night.

The locals were taking about hearing the logs that made up their homes cracking in the cold. We were moaning about the bottle of Port that had frozen in my back pack having walked up to the top of the mountain to spend the night watching the lights.

First and only time I have formed ice on eyelashes and brows!

Going there from 25th - 30th Dec, its looking to be circa -23 at the moment for the 25th, will see the rest closer to the date.

Should be fun.

[Jasandjules]

Jon321 said:

Amazing temperature lows and yet life goes on clearly. We'd be in a mess here in the UK if it got to that level I bet.

Indeed. I used to live in Canada, winter is not exactly warm either, but plugging the car heater in, wearing proper winter clothes etc and life carries on quite normally.

[sawman]

Jasandjules said:

Indeed. I used to live in Canada, winter is not exactly warm either, but plugging the car heater in, wearing proper winter clothes etc and life carries on quite normally.

me too, winters in a canadian prairies are cold (-20 to - 30 for weeks on end) and for the most part are pretty bearable and liveable with, its amazing how you reprogram your system - minus 5 is surprisingly much more pleasant in march than it was in november.

Walking to work on a sunny morning at -25 is something I miss, here in the damp dark UK

[soad]

dirty boy said:

I was in the middle of a frozen lake at -37 once.

Not amused.

Me too (it wasn't That cold though).
Locals were fishing!

[S3_Graham]

Smiley198700 said:

Aren't their summers actually quite warm - mid 30s? Only last for about a month but must be bizarre living somewhere with such extremes of temperature.

When I was last in Moscow they had forest fires due to the heat wave. Was in the 40's!!!

[Gandahar]

hornetrider said:

SilverSixer said:

I've experienced -40 and it's actually not as unpleasant as you may think, so long as you have the right clothes of course.

No such thing as st weather, only st clothes.

What about tornadoes and lightning, what super clothes do you wear then to make it all ok?

[Silent1]

sawman said:

Jasandjules said:

Indeed. I used to live in Canada, winter is not exactly warm either, but plugging the car heater in, wearing proper winter clothes etc and life carries on quite normally.

me too, winters in a canadian prairies are cold (-20 to - 30 for weeks on end) and for the most part are pretty bearable and liveable with, its amazing how you reprogram your system - minus 5 is surprisingly much more pleasant in march than it was in november.

Walking to work on a sunny morning at -25 is something I miss, here in the damp dark UK

it's typically the wind that fks you up when it's cold, i'll take -15c 0mph over 5c and 50mph any day.

[Silent1]

DUMBO100 said:

My Father in Law has been working in Kazakhstan for the last 15 years and in every indoor photo of him he's wearing shorts and t-shirt and has the windows open. Apparently the government pay for heating and it's left at it's warmest setting all winter

there's a town in siberia where the communal heating broke down one year and because the pipes froze they basically abandoned the town and built a new one as the cost/effort to fix it was greater.

ETA. IIRC it's Kadykchan

[Gandahar]

Dome A currently has below temps, that's cold considering it is summer

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Antarctica/DomeA.ht...

[HTP99]

Jon321 said:

Amazing temperature lows and yet life goes on clearly. We'd be in a mess here in the UK if it got to that level I bet.

I hate it when people say that; yes it would go to pot here as it isn't the norm, the same with any decent amount of snow; it isn't the norm here and we aren't geared up for it, yet when a country that is used to heavy snow fall and extreme cold temperatures on a regular basis; just gets on with it, it is because it is a regular occurrence so they are always prepared and have the infrastructure to deal with it.

[jimmyjimjim]

The lowest I've experienced here in Colorado is -26c, on several occasions. It doesn't stay that way for long though, unlike Canada (thankfully), and as others have said, it's surprisingly not bad, once you adjust and wear the right clothes. As mentioned earlier, if the wind picks up, you do want to be inside...

[Baryonyx]

Silent1 said:

it's typically the wind that fks you up when it's cold, i'll take -15c 0mph over 5c and 50mph any day.

Indeed, you can be pretty comfortable a sub zero in light clothing depending on the wind and your level of activity, but the wind chill is what gives the biting cold feeling.

[northwest monkey]

Gandahar said:

hornetrider said:

SilverSixer said:

I've experienced -40 and it's actually not as unpleasant as you may think, so long as you have the right clothes of course.

No such thing as st weather, only st clothes.

What about tornadoes and lightning, what super clothes do you wear then to make it all ok?

You wear a house or a storm shelter.

[nigelpugh7]

Coldest we have had to endure is -21 when on one of our rally trips to Norway.





This was back in 2009 when the event went to Lillehammer.

Despite standing outside for hours, you did get used to it as long as you have the appropriate clothing!

[Puggit]

Gandahar said:

What about tornadoes and lightning, what super clothes do you wear then to make it all ok?

All the rage back in '88...

[mini me]

nigelpugh7 said:

I presume when it's that cold there is no need for chillers or a freezer!,

every year we travel to Finland to cold test vehicles. When its not quite cold enough we use cold boxes to store the cars in overnight for cold start testing the next day. I have, on occasion, been on trips where it was so cold we had to use the cold boxes to keep the vehicles warmer than ambient for a cold start test at say -30 Deg C.

Coldest I have seen there was around -40 from memory. Some of the older technicians on my first ever trip spoke of the coldest they had seen. I thnk it was -46. they said even the locals didnt bother going out in that. The cars (all petrol in those days) did still start apparently. then all the belts snapped as they were so brittle!

As mentioned above - 40 can be not so bad assuming appropriate clothing. I think as all the moisture is locked up then the tendancy to lose heat is reduced somewhat. You dont stay outside too long though. Wind is the big game changer.