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Detailed explanation-1: -Published. GENEVA, 1 July 2021 (WMO) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized a new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent of 18.3° Celsius on 6 February 2020 at the Esperanza station (Argentina).

Detailed explanation-2: -The recent extraordinary heatwave in Antarctica appears to have set a new World Record for the largest temperature excess above normal (+38.5 °C / +69.3 °F) ever measured at an established weather station. It “appears to have set a new World Record for the largest temperature excess above normal …

Detailed explanation-3: -Location of Dome C and Vostok in Antarctica. On March 18th, 2022, a remote site on the Antarctic plateau known as “Dome C”, located at 3, 233 meters above sea level, recorded a daily high temperature of -10.1 °C (+13.8 °F).

Detailed explanation-4: -Minus 12°C would be a frigid afternoon almost anywhere except Antarctica. But when the temperature hit -12.2°C on 18 March at Concordia research station, 1600 kilometres from the South Pole, it was the highest reading recorded at that location.

Detailed explanation-5: -Not only did experts observe that Antarctica’s temperature reached more than 70 degrees Fahrenheit above average, but they also found that parts of the Arctic weighed in at around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) hotter than average, AP News reported.