The coldest place on Earth is a high ridge on the East Antarctic Plateau, where temperatures can drop below −133.6 °F (−92 °C) on clear winter nights. Satellite data has recorded temperatures as low as −136 °F (−93.2 °C) in this region, which is colder than the previous record low at the Russian Vostok Research Station in East Antarctica, where the lowest directly measured temperature was −128.6 °F (−89.2 °C)
. Antarctica is generally the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth
. The East Antarctic Plateau, including areas around Dome Argus and Dome Fuji, holds the record for the coldest surface temperatures, with land temperatures possibly reaching as low as −98 °C (−144.4 °F)
. For inhabited places, the coldest permanently inhabited location is in northeastern Siberia, Russia. The village of Oymyakon holds the record for the lowest temperature in a permanently inhabited place, at −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F), while the city of Yakutsk, also in Siberia, is considered the coldest city in the world, with winter temperatures averaging around −42 °C (−43.6 °F) and record lows near −64.4 °C (−83.9 °F)
