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Siberian town of Verkhoyansk sets new temperature record amid heatwave, forest fires

Firstpost | 22/06/2020 08:00 PM | Click to read full article

The temperature in Verkhoyansk hit 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday. With about 1,300 residents, the town is recognized by the Guinness World Records for the world's most extreme temperature range - minus -68 degrees C to 37.2 degrees C.

Much of Siberia this year has seen unseasonably high temperatures which have been linked to an oil spill in Russia and a plague of tree-eating moths.

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