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What is the coldest temprature on earth in summer, and where is it?[edit]
2A06:C701:7463:9900:11BA:FAE2:6F7E:5413 (talk) 19:59, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
- Probably in a cryogenic physics lab. But outside of human control, during summer on one part of the Earth it is winter in another hemisphere. The coldest natural summer temperature, would be in the high interior of Antarctica. See Pole of Cold. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:48, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
- There's only a handful of weather stations in the Antarctic interior. Vostok Station has a highest recorded temperature of −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) over the period 1957–present. Plateau Station appears even colder, at a highest recorded temperature of −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F), but was operational for such a short period (1965–1969) that coincidence can't be confidently ruled out. The high peaks in the Himalayas must be pretty cold too, even in summer, but again that lack of reliable data. Satellite data can fill the gaps somewhat, but is less accurately calibrated. PiusImpavidus (talk) 10:47, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- Even by high altitude standards, the summer season in the mountains is very cold but not as cold as one would expect. On the summit of Mount Everest, the temperature is usually around -10°C in the summer months... [1] Alansplodge (talk) 15:49, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- Interesting. PiusImpavidus (talk) 09:45, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
- Even by high altitude standards, the summer season in the mountains is very cold but not as cold as one would expect. On the summit of Mount Everest, the temperature is usually around -10°C in the summer months... [1] Alansplodge (talk) 15:49, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- There's only a handful of weather stations in the Antarctic interior. Vostok Station has a highest recorded temperature of −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) over the period 1957–present. Plateau Station appears even colder, at a highest recorded temperature of −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F), but was operational for such a short period (1965–1969) that coincidence can't be confidently ruled out. The high peaks in the Himalayas must be pretty cold too, even in summer, but again that lack of reliable data. Satellite data can fill the gaps somewhat, but is less accurately calibrated. PiusImpavidus (talk) 10:47, 14 November 2023 (UTC)