The temperature in Ladakh this year has been minus 8.5 degrees Celsius. Omyakon, a village in Siberia, Russia, recorded a temperature of -71.2 degrees Celsius in 1924, due to the cold, no crop grows. (Photo: Instagram) In the US, temperatures in California, Arizona and Oklahoma also drop to minus one. (Photo: Instagram) Japan also experiences freezing cold, in the city of Asahikawa recording the lowest temperature of -41. (Photo: Instagram) The cold wave intensifies in Kashmir with the minimum temperature dropping across the valley minus 7.2 degrees Celsius.