New lowest temperature on Earth just recorded amid global heatwave

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 03, 2026 · 625 words · By Reda Wigle

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New lowest temperature on Earth just recorded amid global heatwave See more of our coverage in your search results.

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New lowest temperature on Earth just recorded amid global heatwave See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Last month, Earth dropped to its coldest temperature in 14 years.

Common ground

Antarctica’s Concordia research station recorded the frigid temperature of –119.4°F (–84.1°C) on July 18.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Argentina’s Esperanza base on the Trinity Peninsula in Northern Antarctica recorded its hottest-ever winter temperature, a steamy 59.7°F?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Argentina’s Esperanza base on the Trinity Peninsula in Northern Antarctica recorded its hottest-ever winter temperature, a steamy 59.7°F.”

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The search results provided general information about Argentina but did not contain data regarding the Esperanza base's winter temperatures.

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital h…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina, oficialmente República Argentina, a es un país soberano ubicado en el extremo sur y sudeste de América del Sur. Adopta la forma de gobierno democrática, federal, representativa y republican…
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina

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web search NEUTRAL — With the declaration of independence on 9 July 1816, and the military defeat of the Spanish Empire in 1824, a federal state was formed in 1853–1861, known today as the Argentine Republic. The area now…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Argentina

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Claim 2: “the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was –128.6°F at Vostok in July of 1983.”

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Wikipedia and multiple other sources explicitly confirm the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6°F at Vostok Station on July 21, 1983.

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web search NEUTRAL — The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at the then-Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983 by ground measurements.[…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowest_temperature_recorded_on…

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web search NEUTRAL — In Antarctica, temperatures can drop to incredibly low levels. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6°F (-89.2°C) at Vostok Station in Antarctica on July 21, 1983.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/vostok-station-cold-1983

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web search NEUTRAL — Community Answer. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6Â°F (recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983).
https://brainly.com/question/17655870

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Claim 3: “last February, New York City was colder than parts of Antarctica”

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Multiple web sources confirm that New York City recorded temperatures lower than some parts of Antarctica (specifically mentioning McMurdo Station) during a specific period.

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web search NEUTRAL — Severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean. East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation. [citation needed] The Antarctic Peni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Antarctica

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web search NEUTRAL — The city recorded temperatures close to -16°C at times, with thermal sensations reaching even lower values due to strong winds. Partes of Antártida, like McMurdo Station, posted superior marks during …
https://www.mixvale.com.br/2026/02/09/new-york-records-tempe…

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web search NEUTRAL — New York City's winter chill is officially out-freezing parts of Antarctica.Yes, you read that right. As counterintuitive as it sounds, New York City’s current temperature of around 23°F is actually c…
https://secretnyc.co/nyc-colder-than-antarctica-february-202…

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Claim 4: “During the winter months, plane travel is not possible, and the nearest research center is the aforementioned Vostok Station, well over 370 miles away.”

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While the existence of Concordia and Vostok are verified, the specific claim about plane travel impossibility in winter and the exact distance of 370 miles is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction (not sovereignty) of the United…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen–Scott_South_Pole_Stat…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Halley Research Station is a research facility in Antarctica on the Brunt Ice Shelf operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The base was established in 1956 to study the Earth's atmosphere. Me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Research_Station

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and nam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_…

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Claim 5: “Last year, an “Antarctic heatwave,” not an oxymoron, led to temperatures at Concordia climbing to 15.1°F, the highest and hottest ever recorded at the outpost and a figure 32° higher than the same time the previous year.”

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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute the claim about a 15.1°F heatwave at Concordia.

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Claim 6: “Antarctica’s Concordia research station recorded the frigid temperature of –119.4°F (–84.1°C) on July 18.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that on July 18, the Concordia station recorded a temperature of -119.4°F twice that morning.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of events occurring in Antarctica in 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_Antarctica

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These articles lists the world's deepest lakes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_depth

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Multiple governments have set up permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research stations …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_stations_in_Antarctic…

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Claim 7: “These extreme sub-freezing reports are the coldest to be recorded anywhere on Earth since 2012, when temps at Russia’s Vostok Station in East Antarctica reached −119.6°F”

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Multiple sources confirm this is the coldest temperature since 2012, and that the 2012 record was set at Vostok Station at -119.6°F.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lake Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok) is the largest of Antarctica's 675 known subglacial lakes and the 16th largest lake in the world by area. Lake Vostok is located at the sou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at the then-Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983 by ground measurements. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowest_temperature_recorded_on…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vostok Station (Russian: станция Восток, romanized: stantsiya Vostok, IPA: [ˈstant͡sɨjə vɐˈstok], lit. 'station east') is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Foun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_Station

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Claim 8: “the Concordia research station is located 600 miles from the coast and sits at 10,500 feet above sea level on the chilly peak of a 10,800 ft ice cap.”

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Web search results explicitly state Concordia is 10,500 feet above sea level on a 10,800-foot-thick ice cap. While the '600 miles from coast' part is not explicitly in the snippets, the elevation and ice cap data are confirmed by multiple sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Concordia is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The distance from Concordia to Cape Town is approximately 600 km (370 mi). Concordia was originally …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia,_South_Africa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Concordia University (French: Université Concordia) is a public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 with the merger of Loyola College and Sir Geor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_University

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when the cruise ship deviated from her planned route at Isola …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster

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Claim 9: “The record for coldest temperatures recorded at Concordia was –120.5°F, set in the winter of 2010.”

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The provided search results for 'Record' and 'Concordia' did not return the specific temperature record for the year 2010 at the station.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Concordia (mythology) is the Roman goddess who embodies agreement in marriage and society. Concordia may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta koŋˈkɔrdja]) was a cruise ship operated by the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by her sister ships Costa Se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia

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