Antarctica sets a record cold six month period as the Neumayer station sets new winter record low, sees rapid cooling since 2000 — the coldest since temperature measurements began some 60 years ago.
The Amundsen Scott station at the South Pole recorded a mean temperature of -60.9°C for the April 1 to September 30 period, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
For the June-July-August period, the mean was minus 62.9°C — the second coldest recorded.
Apparently the 140 or so ppm added CO2 couldn’t trap enough heat to prevent a record cold from being set. The previous record for June-July-August was set in 2004.
Die kalte Sonne reports that a record was also set at the German Neumayer Antarctic station, located on the Antarctic coast, which saw a mean June-July-August temperature of -28.6°C.
Recording at the Neumayer station began in 1985, and the linear trend over the past 35 years has fallen by almost 3°C — cooling even faster since 2000.
The German Neumayer Antarctic station has seen a distinct cooling trend since 1985, according to data from the German DWD national weather service.
