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The village hit minus 62.2 degrees Celsius on 3 February 1947. The figure is taken from Environment and Climate Change Canada, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Snag in Yukon set North America's coldest reading

The village hit minus 62.2 degrees Celsius on 3 February 1947 A weather station at Snag, a settlement on the White River in Yukon, logged minus 62.2 degrees Celsius during a cold snap in February 1947. Observers checked the instrument against a second thermometer because they doubted the figure. The cold was so intense that their breath was said to freeze in the air with a hissing sound. The site is now abandoned. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The village hit minus 62.2 degrees Celsius on 3 February 1947. The figure is taken from Environment and Climate Change Canada, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.