Search results
The coast is warmer; on the coast Antarctic average temperatures are around −10 °C (14.0 °F) (in the warmest parts of Antarctica) and in the elevated inland they average about −55 °C (−67.0 °F) in Vostok.
Only at fixed stations operated since the IGY have year-round measurements been made. Winter temperatures rarely reach as high as 52 °F (11 °C) on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, which, because of its maritime influences, is the warmest part of the continent.
People also ask
What is the average temperature in Antarctica?
What is a record high temperature in Antarctica?
How cold does Antarctica get in winter?
When is the winter cool-down in Antarctica?
Feb 13, 2024 · The Wilkes Subglacial Basin — a California-size ice sheet in East Antarctica that holds enough ice to lift global sea levels by 10 feet (3 meters) — could be close to thawing at its base.
Jan 14, 2024 · During the latter half of 2023, the temperatures across much of the state were warmer than average. “In fact December (2023) was the warmest December on record for two of California’s climate ...
- Weather Science Data Reporter
April 21, 2014, 3:59 PM PDT. Two newly published studies are helping scientists trace millions of years of Antarctica's climate history, including an age when parts of the continent were as...
Jul 1, 2021 · A new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent of +18.3C has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It occurred on 6 February last year at Argentina's Esperanza...
Mar 23, 2022 · In the case of March 2022, just days before the southern autumn equinox of March 20—a time when temperatures have normally plunged close to winter levels—the atmospheric river spread warmth-trapping clouds and moisture well inland across East Antarctica.
