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Vostok Station

−89.2 °C

Lowest air temperature officially recorded

Confirmed Weather extremes · Verified 2026-10-29 · WWV-SP-008

The Russian research base Vostok in Antarctica logged −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) on 21 July 1983. No weather station has recorded anything colder.

Satellites have sensed ground-surface readings near −98 °C, but those are not accepted as air-temperature records.

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