Winter trivia! What is coldest temperature ever recorded? Start with the coldest place on earth

A Climate Central report has found that winter in the US has become the fastest-warming season for most of the country. For those living in countries’ northernmost states, it is possible that their backyard might feel like the coldest place on earth during winter as about 70 per cent of states saw an average winter temperature increase of three degrees or more since 1970.

According to reports by the World Meteorological Organization, the world record for the lowest temperature recorded ever is -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This was recorded on July 21, 1983, in Vostok, Antarctica, and confirmed by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in Russia. The Vostok station, which is one of the most remote research stations in the world, functions on about 2.3 miles of ice.



Before Vostok, the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded was at the Vostok Foreign Branch in 1968, with temperature dipping as low as -127 degrees Fahrenheit. However, these measurements are considered the coldest based on air temperature but by using satellite data a group of scientists actually measured an even colder temperature on the East Antarctic Plateau from 2004 to 2016. As per the study published in Geophysical Research Letters, scientists witnessed snow surface temperatures of below -130 degrees Fahrenheit, with the lowest reading of around -144 degrees Fahrenheit.

The top 5 coldest cities in the U.S. with a population of at least 10,000.
Fairbanks, Alaska: 27.6°F mean annual temperature.
Duluth, Minnesota: 39.6°F mean annual temperature.
Grand Forks, North Dakota: 39.8°F mean annual temperature.
Williston, North Dakota: 41.5°F mean annual temperature.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan: 41.7°F mean annual temperature.

FAQs:

1. What is the coldest place on earth ?
   Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth with temperatures ranging from 14 degrees Fahrenheit near the coast to -76 degrees Fahrenheit at elevated parts of the continent’s interior
2. What is the coldest place in the US?
   The coldest place in the U.S., according to Almanac's analysis of the lowest mean annual temperature of 11.7°F. , is Utqiagvik, Alaska