The climate in Antarctica is sooooooo cold. The seasons happen at around about the same time as Australia, as we're really close. But the thing is, why is there so much of a difference between Antarctica's climate and Australia's, when we're only 6,400km away (that's not as far as it may seem.)?
It's because the Sun's ray hits the middle of the Earth, and even though the Earth is not only orbiting the sun but spinning itself, it's rotating on a diagonal axis, therefore, the sun's ray is not hitting the bottom and top of the Earth. Ever wondered why the north pole was so cold?
Like it says on the home page, Antarctica's lowest temperature is -89.2 degrees Celsius. It was recorded in 1983 on the 21st of July. It was recorded by the Vostok station in Antarctica, which is 3420m into Antarctica, so if there was a station closer to the core of Antarctica, then we would most likely have a different lowest temperature of Antarctica. In conclusion, -89.2 degrees Celsius is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica.
Once again, I'm repeating something from the home page: Antarctica's highest temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. Well, the highest temperature recorded anyway. However, that's only on the peninsula of Antarctica, in the south pole the highest temperature has only ever been 12.3 degrees Celsius.
It's because the Sun's ray hits the middle of the Earth, and even though the Earth is not only orbiting the sun but spinning itself, it's rotating on a diagonal axis, therefore, the sun's ray is not hitting the bottom and top of the Earth. Ever wondered why the north pole was so cold?
Like it says on the home page, Antarctica's lowest temperature is -89.2 degrees Celsius. It was recorded in 1983 on the 21st of July. It was recorded by the Vostok station in Antarctica, which is 3420m into Antarctica, so if there was a station closer to the core of Antarctica, then we would most likely have a different lowest temperature of Antarctica. In conclusion, -89.2 degrees Celsius is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica.
Once again, I'm repeating something from the home page: Antarctica's highest temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. Well, the highest temperature recorded anyway. However, that's only on the peninsula of Antarctica, in the south pole the highest temperature has only ever been 12.3 degrees Celsius.