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Word: verkhoyansk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...woods, plunged into a suburban swimming pool and splashed madly back and forth before finally being rescued by amused firemen. While Moscow shivered under cold blasts from the north that plunged temperatures into the mid-30s and brought topcoats out of summer storage, the Siberian city of Verkhoyansk-the coldest spot on earth, with temperatures in winter dipping to -140°-sweltered in 86° heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Those Vaguely Sinister Skies | 8/25/1975 | See Source »

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