Lowest in 20 years: Bone-chilling -62.7C in Siberia

On January 17th, Tongulakh in Siberia plummeted to -62.7C, its lowest temperature in over 20 years.

The temperature recorded was the lowest in Russia for January since 1982. Alongside this, it was the lowest temperature in Russia since February 2002, with the station at Tongulakh also breaking its all-time record for the third time this month.

Records at this particular weather station date back to 1948, and is located in a remote part of Russia where very few people live.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Russia still stands at -67.8C, which occurred in both 1892 and 1933. This was also the world’s lowest temperature ever recorded in a populated region.

Yakutsk, one of Russia's northernmost cities considered to be one of the coldest in the world, is home to fewer than 1 million people.

Here, nearby Tongulakh, temperatures also plunged below -50C in recent days, though residents are no strangers to the harsh conditions.

Many locals braved the brutal temperatures by visiting their regular open-air market, but also jumping into icy cold water on January 18th, to commemorate the Christian Orthodox day of Epiphany.