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Antarctica logs hottest temperature on record with a reading of 18.3C.
It was recorded by an Argentinian research station thermometer at Esperanza on the northern tip of the continent’s peninsula. It beats Antarctica’s previous record of 17.5C,
It was recorded by an Argentinian research station thermometer at Esperanza on the northern tip of the continent’s peninsula. It beats Antarctica’s previous record of 17.5C,
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. The station’s data goes back to 1961.A record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica.
The reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C, in March 2015.
The temperature was recorded in the Antarctic Peninsula, on the continent's north-west tip - one of the fastest-warming regions on earth.
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"[This] is not a figure you would normally associate with Antarctica, even in the summertime," WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis told reporters in Geneva.
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