There are places on Earth with long periods of weather records and other places that have only been measured for s short time. This can make comparisons difficult.
It makes some record highs more or less impressive than others. So in that light, a record high may have been recently set for the continent of Antarctica.
Although most of Antarctic's interior has been growing colder in recent decades, temperatures along the Antarctic Peninsula have been getting warmer. March 24, an Argentinian research station reached a temperature of 63 degrees Fahrenheit, which, if accepted, would be an Antarctic record high.
The present record high for the continent at the bottom of the world is 59 degrees. At the Amundson-Scott scientific station at the actual South Pole, the record high, summer and winter, is 7 degrees.
