Climate of Antarctica

The climate of Antarctica is cold, high and dry.

Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth was -89.4 °C (-129 °F) recorded in 1983 at Vostok Station. The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica was 14.6 C (58.3 F) in Hope Bay.

External Links

Climate:

• http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/gjma/ - climate data from Antarctic surface stations with trends
• http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/READER/ - temperature data from the READER project
• http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/jds/weather/weather.htm - a pamphlet about the weather and climate of Antarctica
• http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/bas_publ.html - information concerning recent ice shelf calving
• http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/climate/wmc/ - (unreliable) maps of snowfall and temperature
• Temperature statistics at the Amundsen-Scott station on the South Pole

Climate Change in Antarctica:

• http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Key_Topics/Climate_Change/Climate_Change_Position.html