We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. The climate is classified as a polar tundra (ET) climate in the Köppen system. The previous record-high temperature for the Antarctic continent was also recorded at the Esperanza base, according to WMO. We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps and newsletters and across the Internet based on your interests. SMN Argentina said in a tweet: 'At midday Esperanza Base recorded a new historic temperature record (since 1961) of 18.3 degrees Celsius. February 7, 2020 at 10:56 AM EST Just days after the Earth saw its warmest January on record, Antarctica has broken its warmest temperature ever recorded. Possibly not that long at all.”He said the temperature record at Esperanza was one of the longest-running on the whole continent.The Argentine research base Esperanza, on the northern tip of Renwick said higher temperatures in the region tended to coincide with strong northwesterly winds moving down mountain slopes – a feature of the weather patterns around Esperanza in recent days.He said there were complex weather patterns in the area, but the Esperanza reading was likely a combination of natural variability and background warming caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.He said: “The reason the peninsula is warming faster than other places is a combination of natural variations and warming signals.”Prof Nerilie Abram, a climate scientist at the Australian National University, has carried out research at James Ross Island at the northern tip of the peninsula.“It’s an area that’s warming very quickly,” she said, adding it can occasionally be warm enough to wear a T-shirt.Abram said: “Even small increases in warming can lead to large increases in the energy you have for melting the ice.
The record for the Antarctic region – that is, everywhere south of 60 degrees latitude – is 19.8C, taken on Prof James Renwick, a climate scientist at Victoria University of Wellington, was a member of an ad-hoc World Meteorological Organization committee that has verified previous records in Antarctica.He told Guardian Australia it was likely the committee would be reconvened to check the new Esperanza record.He said: “Of course the record does need to be checked, but pending those checks, it’s a perfectly valid record and that [temperature] station is well maintained.”“The reading is impressive as it’s only five years since the previous record was set and this is almost one degree centigrade higher. The new high was recorded in a research station in Argentine - a sector of the continent claimed by Argentina - at the Esperanza base. Annual Weather Averages in Esperanza Base.
"To have a new record set that quickly is surprising but who knows how long that will last?" “At midday, Esperanza Base recorded a new historic temperature record (since 1961) of 18.3 degrees Celsius,” they wrote. Antarctic temperature rises above 20C for first time on recordMass melting of Antarctic ice sheet led to three metre sea level rise 120,000 years agoSubmarine to explore why Antarctic glacier is melting so quicklyAntarctic marine park: conservationists frustrated after protection bid fails for eighth timeCity-sized iceberg separates from Antarctic ice shelf – videoGlacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible'Precipitous' fall in Antarctic sea ice since 2014 revealedGreenpeace vessels begin pole-to-pole ocean journey - in pictures The new European data protection law requires us to inform you of the following before you use our website: This content is currently not available in your region. The consequences are the collapse of the ice shelves along the peninsula.”Meltwater can work its way through cracks in ice shelves, she said. On March 24, 2015, the base reported a reading of 17.5 degrees Celsius (approximately 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit). The Argentine research base Esperanza, on the northern tip of #Antarctic Peninsula, saw a new record temperature of 18.3°C today (old one 17.5°C on … “This temperature beat …
Climate data and weather averages in Esperanza Base. Melting of ice sheets does contribute to rising sea levels because they are attached to land.Dr Steve Rintoul, a leading oceanographer and Antarctic expert at CSIRO, said: “This is a record from only a single station, but it is in the context of what’s happening elsewhere and is more evidence that as the planet warms we get more warm records and fewer cold records.”The lowest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica – and anywhere on Earth – was at the Russian Vostok station, when Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as ‘incredible and abnormal’Cause of rise was ocean warming of less than 2C, which has major implications for future, researchers warnScientists reach remote Thwaites glacier, vanishing at increasing rate, for missionCommission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources unable to agree on plan backed by Australia, France and EU Please enable cookies on your web browser in order to continue. All rights reserved. Based on weather reports collected during 2005–2015. A reading of 65 degrees … The previous record was 63.5 F…