Antarctica sets record of minus 94.7C

Newly analysed data suggests eastern Antarctica recorded a record low temperature of minus 94.7C in August 2010.

Newly analysed data from east Antarctica suggests the remote region has set a record low temperature.

The record is minus 94.7C.

A new look at NASA satellite data says the earth has set a new record for lowest temperature recorded.

It happened in August 2010 when it hit minus 94.7C.

Then on July 31 of this year, it came close again: minus 92.9C.

The old record had been minus 89.2C.

US ice scientist Ted Scambos at the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced the cold facts at the American Geophysical Union scientific meeting in San Francisco on Monday.


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