--- description: Antarctica's record high temperature registered at 63.5° F (17.5° C) at the Esperanza research base on the Antarctic Peninsula title: Antarctica Hit a Record High Temperature image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28f42efc41e414e8/6988bc8da988ca17226bb312/esperanza.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [climate change](/tag/climate-change/) ## climate change Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Antarctica Hit a Record High Temperature ## Video: It’s Hard to Describe Just How Badly the Arctic Is Doing [Watch (HLS stream): It’s Hard to Describe Just How Badly the Arctic Is Doing](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LBvCTmOy.m3u8) (0:53)  _Published 2016-12-14. "This year we have really seen the deepening of the change signal in the Arctic"_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:20 AM CUTPublished: Mar 1, 2017 4:54 PM CUT  View of the Argentinian Esperanza military base from the Brazilian Navy's Oceanographic Ship Ary Rongel in Antarctica on March 5, 2014. View of the Argentinian Esperanza military base from the Brazilian Navy's Oceanographic Ship Ary Rongel in Antarctica on March 5, 2014.Vanderlei Almeida—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:20 AM CUTPublished: Mar 1, 2017 4:54 PM CUT Antarctica’s record high temperature registered at 63.5° F (17.5° C) at the [Esperanza research base](http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/esperanza-base "undefined") on the [Antarctic Peninsula](http://time.com/3762354/antarctica-temperature-high/ "undefined"), according to a data review released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Wednesday. The record was set at the Argentine research base on March 24, 2015, [Reuters](https://www.yahoo.com/news/antarctica-hits-record-high-temperature-balmy-17-5-133209804.html "undefined") reports. “Verification of maximum and minimum temperatures help us to build up a picture of the weather and climate in one of Earth’s final frontiers,” said an expert with the World Climate Research Programme, co-sponsored by the WMO. The high for the broader Antarctic region registered at 67.6°F (19.8°C) in 1982, and the high specifically for the Antarctic plateau registered at just 19.4°F (-7.0°C) in 1980. \[[_Reuters_](https://www.yahoo.com/news/antarctica-hits-record-high-temperature-balmy-17-5-133209804.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4687154/antarctica-temperature-climate-change/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4687154/antarctica-temperature-climate-change/"},"headline":"Antarctica Hit a Record High Temperature","datePublished":"2017-03-01T16:54:05.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T11:20:50.000Z","description":"The record was set last March","url":"https://time.com/4687154/antarctica-temperature-climate-change/","keywords":["climate change","climate","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28f42efc41e414e8/6988bc8da988ca17226bb312/esperanza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28f42efc41e414e8/6988bc8da988ca17226bb312/esperanza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"esperanza","caption":"View of the Argentinian Esperanza military base from the Brazilian Navy's Oceanographic Ship Ary Rongel in Antarctica on March 5, 2014.","creditText":"Vanderlei Almeida—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/climate-change/","name":"climate change"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4687154/antarctica-temperature-climate-change/","name":"Antarctica Hit a Record High Temperature"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"It’s Hard to Describe Just How Badly the Arctic Is Doing","description":"\"This year we have really seen the deepening of the change signal in the Arctic\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LBvCTmOy/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-12-14T15:57:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LBvCTmOy.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4687154/antarctica-temperature-climate-change/","duration":"PT53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4687154/antarctica-temperature-climate-change/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```