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New Record High Temperature At South Pole

Posted by timothy on from the happy-christmas dept.

New submitter Titus Andronicus writes "The South Pole experienced its highest-ever recorded temperature of -12.3C (+9.9F) on December 25, 2011, according to preliminary reporting from the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center at the University of Wisconsin."

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  1. Dec 27, 1978 -13.6 C +7.5 F by rubycodez · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is indeed weather, it's come close to that before (in the "global cooling" period of the 1970s) Dec 27, 1978 the high was -13.6 C +7.5 F.

  2. Re:naysayers by MrHanky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh, it's like this: global warming cause taxes, taxes are wrong and therefore global warming is wrong. QED.