Published on Feb. 27, 2026, 6:11 PM
A bone-chilling temperature in Greenland took this season’s frigid air to a whole new level
A long, dark winter sent deep chills bearing down on far-flung corners of the northern hemisphere this winter.
Actual air temperatures dipped into the -50s and even -60s in some locations, pushing the bottom of the barrel for how cold temperatures can get during even the most frigid spells.
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Canada, Russia, and Greenland led the pack
Three of the coldest locations in the northern hemisphere pushed it to a new level this winter, with one spot in Greenland dropping about as cold as possible.
Here in Canada, the community of Braeburn, Yukon, saw readings fall to -55.7°C on Dec. 23, marking the country’s coldest temperature since 1999.
Two days later, temperatures fell to -58.8°C in Delyankir, Russia, in the midst of a stretch during which readings failed to rise above -50°C for more than three days.
While Siberia and the Canadian Arctic have dabbled with the -50s a few more times since the start of the new year, Greenland just took it to a whole new level.