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The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
Vostok Station in Antarctica recorded the coldest temperature ever measured on Earth at −89.2 °C in July 1983.
On 21 July 1983, Soviet scientists at Vostok Station in Antarctica registered the lowest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on the planet: minus 89.2 degrees Celsius. Vostok Station, established in 1957 on the East Antarctic Plateau, sits at an altitude of 3,488 meters, where frigid air pools in the high polar desert. The extreme measurement was taken during the Antarctic winter, when prolonged darkness and clear skies allow temperatures to plummet. It provided valuable data for climatologists studying polar climate dynamics and the behavior of the Antarctic ice sheet. This record stood for decades as the benchmark for cold temperature extremes. The station’s long-term observations continue to inform our understanding of climate change and its impacts on polar regions.
1983
world's lowest temperature
Vostok Station