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The winter temperatures
average about -30 F throughout most of the true
Arctic including the North Pole. The coldest weather
occurs in northeastern Siberia. The mildest winters
occur in the coastal regions of the Pacific Oceans,
where January temperatures average about 30 F.
These same regions have mild summers, with average
temperatures of about 45 F. Weather stations have
recorded temperatures of 90 F and above in these
regions.
Winter storms develop chiefly in two areas where
the barometric pressures remains low. Storms beginning
in these areas tend to travel from northwest to
southwest.
Rainfall in many arctic regions totals six to
ten inches a year, including melted snow. There
is also a lot of permafrost, ice that never goes
away in the ground that is usually about five
feet deep.
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