Lowest natural temperature recorded on Earth (where and value)?
Using a physical geography text, an atlas, an encyclopedia, or the Internet, answer the following. Be sure to list temperature record, date, and place.
Lowest natural temperature recorded on Earth, July 21, 1983, Vostok, Antarctica, 289°C (2129°F). Causative factors are polar high pressure, dry, cold, stable Antarctic air mass (AA) and continentality.
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