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How extreme does Yakutsk's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Yakutsk has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Jakutsk station 2 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Yakutsk has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Jul 17, 2011

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Yakutsk (typical high near 78°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Jul 17, 2011
2 98°F Jul 23, 1988
3 98°F Jul 24, 1988
❄️ Coldest night
-75°F Jan 10, 1979

About 35°F colder than a normal January night in Yakutsk (typical low near -40°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -75°F Jan 10, 1979
2 -73°F Jan 26, 1972
3 -73°F Jan 5, 1979
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.90 in May 4, 2022

More rain in a single day than Yakutsk usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 0.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.90 in May 4, 2022recent
2 3.90 in Aug 17, 2022
3 1.75 in Aug 21, 2006

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-90°-70°-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 101°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Yakutsk's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 101°F is about 23°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Yakutsk's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low -40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as −75°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Jakutsk, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →