--- title: Storm May Raise North Pole Temperature 50 Degrees description: Storms brewing in the North Atlantic might heat up the Arctic. canonical: https://time.com/4164104/north-pole-temperature-heat/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-30T15:46:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T21:20:19.000Z article:section: Science og:title: Storm May Raise North Pole Temperature 50 Degrees og:description: Storms brewing in the North Atlantic might heat up the Arctic. og:url: https://time.com/4164104/north-pole-temperature-heat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cfe0fd2b9763f3/6988772bf887dc05a4e93ef8/icey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3884 og:image:height: 2185 og:image:alt: 123523802 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Storm May Raise North Pole Temperature 50 Degrees twitter:description: Storms brewing in the North Atlantic might heat up the Arctic. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cfe0fd2b9763f3/6988772bf887dc05a4e93ef8/icey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # North Pole Set to Unfreeze as Temperature Soars > Sponsored content. 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Climate change could spell doom to the Pacific island's very existence._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:20 PM UTCPublished: Dec 30, 2015 3:46 PM UTC  Icescape at Geographic North Pole, Arctic Ocean Icescape at Geographic North Pole, Arctic OceanGetty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:20 PM UTCPublished: Dec 30, 2015 3:46 PM UTC **Correction appended** Stormy weather in the North Atlantic is set to bring balmy weather to the world’s northernmost point. Temperatures at the North Pole could hit 40 degrees, [according to Discovery News](http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/huge-storm-may-raise-north-pole-temps-50-degrees-151229.htm), which would be about 50 degrees higher than average for this time of year. Storms over Iceland and Greenland, fairly common in winter, are pushing warmer air to the Arctic region. Fluctuations in temperature are actually not uncommon in the Arctic region, [Mashable reports](http://mashable.com/2015/12/28/freak-atlantic-storm-uk-frank/#MkeucxvdWaqU), but a 50 to 60 degree shift would be very notable. There have reportedly only been three other times since 1948 that temperatures in the North Pole have hit or risen above freezing in December. 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