The highest temperature in Antarctica was 18.3 degrees

The outside temperature was 18.3℃ at the Esperansa Research Station in Argentina at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in the western part of Antarctica. The highest temperature exceeded 17.5℃ recorded in 2015.

According to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization, 2019 was the second hottest year in the world. Even in January 2020, the record is said to be the hottest January ever. Considering that the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, this record of high temperatures may not be surprising. On the Antarctic Peninsula, the average temperature has risen by 3°C over the past 50 years, and the amount of ice disappeared from the Antarctic ice sheet in 2019 has increased six times compared to 1979.

Whether or not the temperature recorded at 18.3℃ on the Antarctic Peninsula is really correct should be verified in the future, but the research team said that the recent observations show that this record is likely to be correct, and that the warming is getting faster than originally predicted. Related information can be found here .