what is the average temperature in the Antartic?

Answer 1

Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. It is a frozen desert with little precipitation; the South Pole itself receives almost none. Temperatures reach a minimum of between -85 °C and -90 °C (-121 °F and -130 °F) in the winter and about 20 °C (30 °F) higher in the summer months. Sunburn is often a health issue as the snow surface reflects over 90% of the sunlight falling on it.

Eastern Antarctica is colder than its western counterpart because of higher elevation. Weather fronts rarely penetrate far into the continent, leaving the center cold and dry. Despite the lack of precipitation over the central portion of the continent, ice there lasts for extended time periods. Heavy snowfalls are not uncommon on the coastal portion of the continent, where snowfalls of up to 1.22 meters (48 inches) in 48 hours have been recorded.

Answer 2

The Antarctica Peninsula has the warmest average temperatures on that continent. That's due to two things: it is further north than other parts of the land mass and it is not far from the moderating temperatures of the oceans on either side.

Average temp in Jan. along the peninsula is 0 deg C. That reaches -6 deg C in Feb. and continues to plummet each month until it reaches about -60 deg C during mid winter there. When spring in Antarctica comes, about Sep., the average temperatures start to come back up.

Mid-continent, near the south pole, like at Vostok, is the coldest place on Earth. At Vostok, in July, their winter, the temperature dipped to -129 deg F to set a record in the 1980's [See source.]

Answer 3

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Answer 4

the lowest recorded temperature is -70C, but it rarely goes above freezing except in the summer in certain places in the artic peninsular, apart from that, it varies, it is warmest on the coasts and colder inland