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At the South Pole, the highest temperature ever recorded was −12.3 °C (9.9 °F) on 25 December 2011. [16] Along the Antarctic Peninsula, temperatures as high as 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) have been recorded, [clarification needed] though the summer temperature is below 0 °C (32 °F) most of the time. Severe low temperatures vary with latitude ...
In midsummer, as the sun reaches its maximum elevation of about 23.5 degrees, high temperatures at the South Pole in January average at −25.9 °C (−15 °F). As the six-month "day" wears on and the sun gets lower, temperatures drop as well: they reach −55 °C (−67 °F) around sunset (late March) and sunrise (late September).
[51] [59] In particular, the South Pole warmed by 0.61 ± 0.34 °C per decade between 1990 and 2020, which is three times the global average. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] The Antarctica-wide warming trend continued after 2000, and in February 2020, the continent recorded its highest temperature of 18.3 °C, which is one degree higher than the previous record ...
By comparison, the South Pole, due to its lower elevation, is, on average, 5 to 10 °C (9 to 18 °F) warmer than Vostok, and the lowest temperature ever recorded at the South Pole is −82.8 °C (−117 °F).
In fact, earlier this year, the region experienced its hottest temperature ever recorded, breaking 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time ever. The South Pole is ...
[5] [63] In particular, the South Pole warmed by 0.61 ± 0.34 °C per decade between 1990 and 2020, which is three times the global average. [ 4 ] [ 64 ] The Antarctica-wide warming trend continued after 2000, and in February 2020, the continent recorded its highest temperature of 18.3 °C, which is one degree higher than the previous record of ...
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...
With an average temperature of −55.2 °C (−67.4 °F), Vostok, Antarctica is the coldest place in the world, and has also recorded the lowest temperature, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). [3] The following chart indicates the average and record temperatures in this research station through a year: