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PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Antarctica, the world’s coldest continent, is experiencing an exceptionally long heatwave during its winter, according to Britain’s national polar research institute.
Provisional figures indicate the Antarctic-wide July 2024 average near-surface temperature was 3.1 C above normal for the month.
Calculated over land and land ice, this makes it the second-warmest July in Antarctica since records began in 1979 — the warmest was in July 1981.
Average daily temperatures ranged from minus 34.68 C on July 15 to minus 28.12 C on July 31, according to data posted online by the University of Maine.
It was minus 26.6 C on average on the continent on Aug. 7, the latest date available.
