The day when it reaches -60 degrees F in Antarctica is called 'typical'.
Because Antarctica is in the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed. June 21 is called 'midwinter's day'.
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The winter solstice in Antarctica occurred on June 21, 2009, also called 'mid-winter's day'.
The current temperature in Antarctica can vary depending on the region, season, and time of day. Temperatures in Antarctica can range from -50°C to 0°C on average, with some locations experiencing even colder temperatures.
Antarctica's shortest days are in winter, when there are only a few hours of light in a day. However, during the summer, the days become very much longer, and there are only a few hours of night.Another AnswerDepending on where you are in Antarctica, you can have a day with no sunset and a day with no sunrise, in summer and winter, respectively. Anywhere south of 60 degrees South Latitude, this is true.
A day in Antarctica lasts 24 hours.
A day in Antarctica is 24 hours -- the same as the length of a day anywhere on earth.
Antarctica is a continent that occupies 10% of the earth's surface; it is as large as USA and Mexico, combined. Seasonal averages may range from the coldest temperature ever measured on earth -- in the minus 80 degrees C, to a tropical 2 degrees above zero C. Needless to say, Antarctica's average temperature is substantially below freezing most of the time.
A day -- during any month in Antarctica -- is 24 hours long.
Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a sub-glacial lake, located about 4,000 meters or 13,000 feet below the ice sheet that covers the continent.So there is no 'day' in Lake Vostok; it's too far below the surface to effectively be lit by daylight.The Russian scientific station -- called Vostok, lies over Lake Vostok -- is located at about 77 degrees South Latitude. When the sun rises at that latitude for the first day after about four months of no sunrise, the sun rises above the horizon for about 20 minutes. That, then, could be called the shortest day(light) at Vostok.
1 day = 24 hours in Antarctica. Also everywhere else.
The definition of equinox and solstice in Antarctica is the same as it is anywhere on earth. Notably, however, Antarctica's seasons are exactly reversed from those in the Northern Hemisphere. For example, the shortest day in Antarctica is June 21, the first day of winter, and the longest day is December, the first day of summer.