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Esperanza Base recorded Antarctica's highest temperature

The Argentine station logged 18.3 degrees Celsius in February 2020 The Argentine research station on the Antarctic Peninsula recorded 18.3 degrees Celsius, a figure later verified by a WMO committee of experts. Verification involves checking the instrument, its calibration, the site and the synoptic conditions on the day. The peninsula has warmed faster than most of the planet, and the record replaced an earlier 17.5 degrees logged at the same base in 2015. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Argentine station logged 18.3 degrees Celsius in February 2020. The figure is taken from World Meteorological Organization, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.