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It was the coldest night of the last decades in Euskal Herria

68
years ago

16 February 1956,

It was the coldest night of the last decades in Euskal Herria. The cold of Siberia, which reached the beginning of the month, hit hard again and in many villages the low temperatures exceeded all brands. For example, in Vitoria the thermometers set -16.8 °C. During the cold, for several days, zero was not exceeded. The cold hit the whole of Europe and forced everything to stop for three weeks. Sweden set the record, measuring a temperature of -53ºC north. In the photo, kids playing in a frozen fountain in Paris.

Source:

Wikipedia – Snow and Cold in February 1956

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