Weather in Antarctica 2023 -2024

[Mark]

As discussed yesterday, for the past 7-decades –at least– Antarctica has been defying AGW Party orders and COOLING with its ice sheet EXPANDING. This trend has intensified in recent years, with the burgeoning 2023 continuing the move…

Extreme cold (for summer) is striking Antarctica this January with anomalous readings well-below -40C a regular feature.

On Saturday, Jan 28 the infamous Vostok Station, which lies at the southern Pole of Cold, posted a staggering -47.5C (-53.5F) — the station’s lowest January temperature since the -48.5C (-55.3F) of Jan 30, 1989 (solar minimum of cycle 21).

Then, on Sunday, Jan 29, Vostok sank even further, logging a low of -48.7C (-55.7F) which took out 1989’s historical January low and made it the station’s coldest-ever summer temperature since its opening back in 1957 (note: slightly lower temps were posted in 1994 and 1998 but both failed quality control).




https://electroverse.co/antarctica-record-cold-utah-62f-asias-all-time-lows-stratosphere-very-cold/

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[Mark]

Following Monday’s -58.1C (-72.6F) –the lowest global temperature in February 2023, usurping the historically frigid -57.9C (-72.2F) logged at Oymyakon, Siberia earlier in the month– the Dome Fuji Base, Antarctica dropped even lower on Tuesday, posting a very frigid -60.2C (-76.4F) — the Southern Hemisphere’s first sub -60C of 2023.

More impressively, February at the South Pole Station averaged -41.1C (-42F), which is -0.7C below the multidecadal baseline.

This makes the past four months the second coldest Nov – Feb on record (-35.6C/-32.1F) after 1999-2000 (-36.6C/-33.9F).



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Extreme cold (for summer) struck Antarctica in January, too, with anomalous readings well-below -40C a regular feature.

On Jan 29, the infamous Vostok Station posted a staggering 48.7C (-55.7F) — this took out 1989’s historical January low (of -48.5C/-55.3F), making it the station’s coldest-ever summer temperature since its opening back in 1957.

On Jan 30, the Italian-French Concordia Station logged -48.5C (-55.3F) — this tied the station’s lowest-ever January temperature registered just last year. Here are Concorida’s coldest Jan lows in chronological order: -48C on Jan 28, 2012; -48.3C on Jan 31, 2012; -48.5C on Jan 30, 2022; and now -48.5C on Jan 30, 2023 — a trend is emerging.

Switching back to Vostok, the month of December was also extremely frigid with the station averaging -34.1C (-29.4F) — its second-coldest final month of the year since records began (after Dec 1999).

Most tellingly, though, the South Pole Station suffered its coldest-ever coreless winter in 2021 (April-Sept), and has posted colder-than-average months ever-since with the past four months (Nov-Dec) finishing as the second-coldest on record: Nov 2022’s -40.4C (-40.7F)—coldest since 1987; Dec 2022’s -29.1C (-20.4F)—coldest since 2006; Jan 2023’s -31.3C (-24.3F)—coldest since 1995; and Feb 2023’s -41.1C (-42F)–which is -0.7C below the norm. These past four months were Antarctica’s second-coldest Nov-Dec on record.

https://electroverse.co/antarctica-chills-australias-cold-summer-frosty-europe-snows-and-lows-pound-u-s/

[Mark]

Exceptionally low temperatures continue to strike the Antarctic Plateau.

Vostok recently plunged to -65.2C (-85.4F) — an incredibly very rare reading for early March.

For reference, -65.5C (-85.9F) is the lowest temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere in February (again at Vostok).
https://electroverse.info/antarctic-plateau-socal-residents-help-us-australias-cool-feb-india-to-import-wheat/

[Mark]

Following Vostok’s bone-chilling -65.2C (-85.4F) –an incredibly rare reading for early March– the Antarctic station chilled even further during the early hours of Monday morning, March 7, to a historic -68.1C (-90.6F).

This is suspected as being the coldest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica this early into a season. For reference, -64.7C (-84.5F) is the lowest temperature ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere in February (again at Vostok, Antartica)–although some books state -65.5C (-85.9F) as being the record Feb low.

https://electroverse.info/antarctica-coldest-temp-heavy-snow-uk-cold-and-snow-u-s-hokkaido-avalanche/

[JennyLeez]

For anyone interested here is a link to the 4 Antarctica web cam.

https://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base/webcams-weather

Current cam capture is as below 11.31am 3rd August 2023.

[Mark]

Cool i mean cold haha. Jenny

[Mark]

https://electroverse.info/antarctica-all-time-cold-bbc-rewrites-history-books/
The historic chill has spilled into 2023, too.

Back in March, the Antarctic continent suffered its coldest ever reading so early into a year; in July it logged Earth’s lowest temperature since 2017; and now, in mid-August, it’s breaking multiple all-time cold records at stations across the continent.

These include:

The -61.1C (-78F) at the Vito AWS, located on the Ross Ice Shelf, which broke its previous all-time minimum record of -60.6C (-77.1F) set in August 22, 2008; the -59.9C (75.8F) at Willie Field, located at Ross Island Vicinity, which bested the old benchmark of -56.9C (-70.4F) from August 7, 2001; and the -56.7C (70.1F) at Lorne, also sited on Ross Island, which felled the -54.9C (-66.8F) set on July 17, 2010.


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Elsewhere, -53.2C (-63.8F) was posted at Erin in West Antarctica, which tied the all-time record from July 16, 2010.

The AGO-4 at Vostok dropped to -81C (-113.8F), a reading not seen since 1994.

While Byrd, another automatic station in West Antarctica, recently posted -63.9C (-83F), which came within just 0.5C of the all-time low temperature record there, the -64.4C (-83.9F) set back on July 18, 1985.

Note: all data is official and comes courtesy of ANTMET.

[Mark]

Antarctic expeditioners have just witnessed an incredibly rare event — ice forming on a super-salty lake 9km from the Davis research station.

According to information provided by antarctica.gov.au, the aptly named Deep Lake, located in the Vestfold Hills, is a land-locked ‘hypersaline’ lake that contains about 270 grams of salt per liter. Seawater, by comparison, contains 35 grams of salt per liter.

The lake is 36 meters (120ft) deep and sits about 50 meters (164ft) below sea level. It has no outflow, and is filled only by snowmelt and wind-driven snow. As a result, it remains extremely salty and rarely freezes.

Scientists and expeditioners have been monitoring the water level of Deep Lake since 1977, and the water temperature since 2016. This year –2023– the lake hit a record high water level in January, and a record low temperature of -18C (-0.4F) this August:
https://electroverse.info/record-cold-antarctic-lake-and-rare-ice/

[Mark]

Antarctica is continuing to hold anomalously cool, as it has been for the past few months, and indeed years.

The -80.6C (-113.1F) posted at Vostok over the weekend is the continent’s lowest September reading since 2012 (-84.2C, Sept 15):




This coming off the back of the station’s coldest month of August since 2002:

https://electroverse.info/cold-antarctica-germanys-solar-fail-dr-patrick-brown-cme/


Antarctica’s September chill isn’t just confined to Vostok, either; Concordia has been holding at around -77C (-107F) for days now.

[Mark]

Despite the onset of spring, fierce cold has returned to Antarctica.

Temperature readings below -70C (-94F) have swept the Antarctic Plateau this week.

On Oct 1, Concordia Station bottomed-out at a very-frigid -70.8C (-95.4F), at 20:48 UTC — a reading not too far off the station’s coldest ever temperature in the month of October.


Antarctica’s late-season freeze extended through Monday and Tuesday, too.

On Oct 3, the minimum at Vostok crashed to -73.8C (-100.8F) which, although exceptionally cold for the time of year, is a reading a ways off the station’s lowest ever October temperature: the -79.4C (-110.9F) set just two years ago, on Oct 1, 2021 (immediately after what turned out to be Antarctica’s coldest ‘coreless winter’ (April-Sept) in recorded history).

Other recent anomalous values include: AGO-4’s -70.2C (-94.4F); Dome Fuji’s -69.1C (-92.4F); and nearby Dome CII’ AWS’s -69C (-92.2F).
https://electroverse.info/weakening-gulf-stream-cold-returns-to-antarctica-uah-spike/

[Mark]

October was anomalously-cold month across Antarctica, with averages ranging from -1C to -1.9C below the multidecadal norm.

The freeze has now spilled into November, too.

On Nov 1, the French–Italian research facility Concordia posted a low of -60.4C (-76.7F), which isn’t far off the station’s record monthly minimum of -62.2C (-79.9F), set on Nov 2, 2006

Antarctica is cooling, the data are clear.
https://electroverse.info/record-cold-and-snow-africa-polar-blast-antarctica-rare-november-cold-ev-fail-solar-filament-inbound/

[Mark]

Antarctica’s lingering summer is becoming increasingly noteworthy.

Regular readings of below -30C and -40C at Vostock have been posted, culminating in the -42.5C (-44.5F) on Dec 27 which came close to the all-time record during the second half of December: the -43.1C (-45.6F) set Dec 16, 2011

Antarctic is cooling, the data are clear on that — discussed in more detail here:

https://electroverse.info/russias-lows-snows-china-cold-record-snow-scotland-antarcticas-frigid-ssw-event/

[Mark]

Antarctica's seasonal low has again been reduced: to -71.8C (97.2F), set at Concordia during the late hours of March 28.

This is making for quicker-than-average transition to winter at the bottom of the world, following a historically cold 'summer' that included the coldest November for 40 years, the second-coldest Dec on record, and the second sub -30C January in a row.

Taking a look at the Antarctic Sea Ice, as we're down here — it's doing just fine:



With extent currently doing better 1980:




There is no cause for alarm:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/unusually-cool-march-in-new-zealand

[Mark]

Another yearly temperature low has been set on Antarctica.

On April 4, -74.2C (-101.6F) was posted by Dome Fuji AWS, besting the previous mark of -73.4C (-100.1F) set March 31 at Concordia.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/new-zealands-record-cold-march-antarctica

[Mark]

Extreme cold has arrived unusually early in Antarctica this year.

Vostok, a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, posted a low of -80C (-112F) on April 29:



This is Vostok's first sub -80C in the month of April since April 19, 1998, and only the fourth occurrence in the operational history of the research facility (1958).

The chronology: -81.8C on April 25, 1964; -80.7C on April 24, 1981; -80.7C on April 19, 1998; and now -80C on April 29, 2024. For ref: Antarctica's lowest-ever reliable air temperature remains the -89.2C (--128.6F) set on July 21, 1983.

The bottom of the world is cooling, as evidenced by the data:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/rare-april-cold-hits-antarctica-112f