In its short summer, daytime temperatures over are not uncommon. The warmest month on record is July 2001, at . The average annual temperature for Verkhoyansk is . On 20 June 2020, Verkhoyansk recorded a temperature of , yielding a temperature range of based on reliable records, which is the greatest temperature range in the world. It was also the highest temperature above the Arctic Circle ever recorded. Only a handful of towns in Siberia and Canada have temperature ranges of or more. Verkhoyansk has never recorded a temperature above freezing between November 10 and March 14.