Antarctic climate - This image shows trends in temperatures from roughly the top millimeter of the land or sea surface of Antarctica from 1982 to 2004. Red indicates areas where temperatures generally increased during that period, and blue shows where temperatures predominantly decreased.

Antartica landscape

The coldest climate on earth is located in Antarctica. With the lowest temperature ever recorded being -89.6 °C at Vostok Station. It is also extremely dry, with only 166 mm of precipitation per year (aeverage). Ice can last for a long time and weather fronts rarely penetrate deep into the Antartic continent.