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When was the coldest temperature on Earth first officially recorded?
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Quick Answer
The coldest officially measured air temperature on Earth, −89.2°C, was recorded at Soviet Vostok Station on 21 July 1983.
The Full Story
On 21 July 1983, Soviet scientists at Vostok Station in Antarctica recorded an air temperature of −89.2°C. It remains the lowest temperature ever directly measured at Earth’s surface in official records. The station sits on the East Antarctic Plateau, one of the coldest inhabited research locations on the planet. Such extreme cold provides important data for climate and atmospheric science.
Key Facts
1.21 July 1983: −89.2°C recorded
2.Vostok Station, Antarctica
3.Official world coldest air-temperature record
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