Delyankir () is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Settlement of Artyk in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from ArtykRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic on the Kolyma Highway on the border with Magadan Oblast. Its population as of the 2010 Census was three people,This figure is given for the rural population of Artyk Urban Settlement, a municipal formation in Oymyakonsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Delyankir is the only rural locality on the territory of this municipal formation. down from four recorded during the 2002 Census.
Climate Delyankir has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwd) with very short and mild summers with cool nights (in spite of white nights), followed by very long, dry, and extremely cold winters. Although summers are very mild on average, sometimes it can be surprisingly hot, especially for a place with such northerly latitude. The highest recorded temperature in July was . It is one of the coldest places in the northern hemisphere and the world, alongside Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk. On the night of December 8–9, 2021, the temperature went down to , making it the coldest temperature recorded in December. Although in terms of the lowest-ever recorded temperature Oymyakon remains the coldest verifiable location, the year-round average temperature recorded at Delyankir's weather station between 1951 and 1989 was , lower than that of Oymyakon.Р. Н. Иванова (R. N. Ivanova). "Рекордно низкие температуры в Евразии " (Record Low Temperatures in Eurasia). Published in Vestnik JaGU, #3, 2006, pp. 13–19
Delyankir is also one of the rare places in the world with a temperature amplitude higher than 100 °C (180 °F).
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Oymyakonsky District.