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Cold pole: The location that has the lowest average annual temperature in its hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, the cold pole is Verkhoiansk, Siberia (average annual temperature +3(degrees)F); in the Southern Hemisphere, it is probably Sovietskaya, Antarctica (-71(degrees)F).
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
