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The highest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 19.8 °C (67.6 °F) recorded at Signy Research Station, Signy Island on 30 January 1982. [2] [3]The highest temperature on the Antarctic mainland was 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) at the Esperanza Base (Argentina) on 6 February 2020.
The maximum recorded at Concordia on 17 March was -16.9 °C Pending the final data, in Vostok the value of -20.3 °C set the new monthly record but also exceeds the maximum of February (-22.2 °C ...
The Antarctica-wide warming trend continued after 2000, and in February 2020, the continent recorded its highest-ever temperature of 18.3 °C, exceeding the previous record of 17.5 °C in March 2015. [54] The East Antarctica interior also demonstrated clear warming between 2000 and 2020.
This reading was the highest temperature ever recorded on mainland Antarctica and its surrounding islands, until on 6 February 2020, a new high of 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) was recorded at the base, being the current record and considered by the World Meteorological Organization to be the highest temperature ever recorded for mainland Antarctica and ...
It’s been a strange stretch for the icy desert at the bottom of the world. In mid-March, temperatures in parts of East Antarctica soared 70 degrees Fahrenheit
The first total lunar eclipse will be visible between March 13 and March 14 and cross over Western Europe, parts of Asia, parts of Australia, Western Africa, North and South America, and Antarctica.
The Antarctica-wide warming trend continued after 2000, and in February 2020, the continent recorded its highest-ever temperature of 18.3 °C, exceeding the previous record of 17.5 °C in March 2015. [50] The East Antarctica interior also demonstrated clear warming between 2000 and 2020.
Due to the partial melting of snow in summer due to above freezing daytime temperatures, animals as well as limited plant life (moss, lichens, and worts) are able to thrive during the warmer months of December, January, and February. Mean monthly temperatures range from −15.1 °C (4.8 °F) in June to −1.7 °C (28.9 °F) in December. [18]