U.S. BASE IN ANTARCTIC
Low Temperature
Record
The coldest temperature at an American base in the Antarctic—minus 116 deg F.— was recorded at Plateau Station on June 13. The warmest day of the week was three days later when the reading was minus 71.6 deg. On May 11 the temperature plunged to minus 112 deg, at that time the coldest May temperature recorded by the Americans. The lowest Antarctic temperature, minus 127 deg, was at Vostok Station in 1960.
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Press, Issue 31095, 25 June 1966, Page 14
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79U.S. BASE IN ANTARCTIC Press, Issue 31095, 25 June 1966, Page 14
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