Cold pole

The place with the lowest (measured) temperatures on earth is called the cold pole . The term comes from the time of the famous polar expeditions; analogous to it, the noun Hitzepol was formed.

Global cold pole of the earth

The global cold pole , at which the lowest ever meteorologically measured temperature of the entire earth was measured (also known as the absolute cold pole ):

• −89.2 ° C on July 21, 1983 at the research station Vostok Station in Antarctica ( WMO -confirmed value, therefore cold pole for the entire surface of the earth)

Using satellite observation , a ground surface temperature of −93.2 ° C was determined for an area of ​​the Antarctic near Dome A for August 10, 2010 , but was not measured meteorologically. The value was rejected by the World Meteorological Organization due to the method. A work from 2018 has for the Antarctic from the evaluation of long-term satellite measurements of the ground surface temperature (lowest value: -98.6 ° C on July 22, 2004 at 82.07 ° S / 60.72 ° E) and their comparison with meteorological calculated air temperatures extreme values ​​of −94 ± 4 ° C at a height of 2 m.

Cold pole of all inhabited areas on earth

The cold pole of all inhabited areas of the earth, at which the lowest temperature ever measured of all permanently or permanently inhabited areas of the earth was measured, is also known as the secondary cold pole . Two places share the title (WMO-recognized values):

• Verkhoyansk in north- east Siberia ( Yakutia , Russia ): −67.8 ° C (February 5 and 7, 1892)
• Oymyakon in north- eastern Siberia ( Yakutia , Russia ): −67.8 ° C, according to other data −67.7 ° C (February 6, 1933)

See also

• Temperature extremes

Web links

Wiktionary: Kaltepol  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Yakutia is the cold pole of the northern hemisphere (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SW Obruchev: Where is the cold pole? Meteorol. Magazine N 2, 1929, pp. 72-74.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} World Meteorological Organization Global Weather & Climate Extremes Archive on wmo.asu.edu .
3. ↑ NASA-USGS Landsat 8 Satellite Pinpoints Coldest Spots on Earth on nasa.gov , December 9, 2013, accessed December 11, 2013.
4. ↑ TA Scambos, GG Campbell, A. Pope, T. Haran, A. Muto, M. Lazzara, CH Reijmer, MR van den Broeke: Ultra-low surface temperatures in East Antarctica from satellite thermal infrared mapping: the coldest places on Earth . In: Geophysical Research Letters . tape 45 , June 25, 2018, doi : 10.1029 / 2018GL078133 ( nsidc.org [PDF]).
5. ↑ ^{a b} Rosgidromet