Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8

antarctic_tempBy Seth Borenstein

Feeling chilly? Here’s cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for “soul-crushing” cold.

Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that’s 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier. Better yet, don’t try it. That’s so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe.

A new look at NASA satellite data revealed that Earth set a new record for coldest temperature recorded. It happened in August 2010 when it hit -135.8 degrees. Then on July 31 of this year, it came close again: -135.3 degrees.

Read the rest at Associated Press.

3 Responses to Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8

  1. Ray December 14, 2013 at 10:36 pm #

    The symptoms of man made global warming are hot temperatures, cold temperatures, and in between temperatures. If you see any of these symptoms it’s very important that you pay higher taxes that will have little effect on the overall man made carbon emissions. 100% of scientists agree (minus the ones who don’t) people who don’t agree are conspiracy theorists, and you don’t want to be one of those.

  2. Rob N. Hood December 15, 2013 at 1:45 pm #

    Theorizing that a conspiracy exists does make one a conspiracy theorist.

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