The temperature at Concordia Research station atop Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau — typically known as the coldest place on Earth — surged to an astounding 11.3 degrees Fahrenheit on March 18. The normal high temperature for the day is around minus-56.
Scientists were shocked this month when a research station in Antarctica reported extraordinarily warm weather.
The temperature at Concordia Research station atop Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau -- typically known as the coldest place on Earth -- surged to an astounding 11.3 degrees Fahrenheit on March 18. The normal high temperature for the day is around minus-56, which puts the March 18 reading at around 70 degrees warmer than normal.If the World Meteorological Organization actually tracked this particular metric, scientists say it would likely set a world record.
— Dr. Robert Rohde March 28, 2022 It"appears to have set a new World Record for the largest temperature excess above normal ... ever measured at an established weather station," Robert Rohde, the lead scientist at Berkeley Earth, tweeted Monday.
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