What is the temperature of Antarctica in the summer?

Answer 1

The average temperature of Antarctica is about -49 degrees Celsius or about -56.2 Fahrenheit.

The annual average temperature is -50°C (-58°F). Winter temperatures drop quickly, then level out. Summer is short, from mid-December to mid-January, however, temperatures can reach a balmy -30°C (-22°F)!

Antarctica covers 10% of the Earth's surface -- about as much land as USA and Mexico combined. It is the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, darkest continent. Averages don't mean much in Antarctica.

Answer 2

Summer temperatures vary depending on where you are on the continent -- and can range between about 60 below zero to about 10 below zero. In the Antarctic Peninsula -- the warmest part of the continent, temperatures can hover around zero degrees.

Answer 3

Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.

Answer 4

Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer.

Answer 5

Because of the high mineral content, the summer water temperature can be as low as 28 degrees F, according to Wikipedia and its description of the Antarctic convergence where the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans meet.

Specifically, "Sea temperatures vary from about −2 to 10 °C (28 to 50 °F)."

Answer 6

Because most of the continent experiences no sun during the winter period, it is the coldest place on earth, as evidenced by the record cold at Vostok Station (Russia) in 1983: −89.2 °C(−128.6 °F; 184.0 K).

Answer 7

A maximum of between +5 °C and +15 °C (41 °F and 59 °F).

Source: wikipedia.org Antarctica

Answer 8

-15 to -32

Answer 9

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