The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at Dome Fuji in the Antarctica at -93.2 degrees Celsius. However, scientists have discovered that under the right conditions, the temperature in this place can probably drop to -100 degrees Celsius, which is estimated to be the coldest it can be on Earth.
Coldest places measured worldwide
(in degrees Celsius)
Location (year measured)
Temperature in degrees Celsius
Dome Fuji, Antarctica (August 2010)
-93.2
Vostok Research Station, Antarctica (July 1983)
-89.2
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica (June 1982)
-82.8
Dome Argus, Antarctic Plateau (July 2005)
-82.5
Mount McKinley, Alaska (1950)*
-73.8
Verkhoyansk, Russia (1892)
-69.8
Klinck research station, Greenland (December 1991)
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