What is the weather like in Antarctica?

Question

plz describe day length, how often it snows, temperature ect!!!!! Thanx

Answer 1

dark cold and snowy and sometimes sunny

Answer 2

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarc...

Answer 3

Cold!!

Answer 4

Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. At the 3 kilometer (2 mile) high Vostok Station in Antarctica, scientists recorded the world's lowest temperature: −89 °C (−129 °F).  For comparison, this is 11 degrees colder than sublimating dry ice!

Antarctica is a frozen desert with little precipitation; the South Pole itself receives less than 10 centimeters (4 inches) per year, on average. Temperatures reach a minimum of between −80 °C and −90 °C (−112 °F and −130 °F) in the interior in winter and reach a maximum of between 5 °C and 15 °C (41 °F and 59 °F) near the coast in summer.

Weather fronts rarely penetrate far into the continent, leaving the center cold and dry. Despite the lack of precipitation over the central portion of the continent, ice there lasts for extended time periods. Heavy snowfalls are not uncommon on the coastal portion of the continent, where snowfalls of up to 1.22 meters (48 inches) in 48 hours have been recorded.



At the edge of the continent, strong katabatic winds off the polar plateau often blow at storm force. In the interior, however, wind speeds are typically moderate. During summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface during clear days at the South Pole than at the equator because of the 24 hours of sunlight each day at the Pole.

Antarctica is colder than the Arctic for two reasons. First, much of the continent is more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) above sea level, and temperature decreases with elevation. Second, the Arctic Ocean covers the north polar zone: the ocean's relative warmth is transferred through the icepack and prevents temperatures in the Arctic regions from reaching the extremes typical of the land surface of Antarctica.

Given the latitude, long periods of constant darkness (winter) or constant sunlight (summer) create climates unfamiliar to human beings in much of the rest of the world.

Answer 5

About minus 50c, freeze yr nuts off in seconds.

Answer 6

cold dark - cold cold dark, dark dark cold, freezing cold dark, dark freezing cold cold.

Answer 7

cold year round... during the north American winter, it's summer there and the sun is always out.

But even during summer it might not get over 0 degree's Fahrenheit

Answer 8

Cold

Answer 9

"The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on earth, the lowest temperature ever recorded on earth being −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at Vostok Station. It is also extremely dry, with an average of only 166 mm of precipitation per year; however, on most parts of the continent the snow never melts and is eventually compressed to become the glacial ice that makes up the ice sheet. Weather fronts rarely penetrate far into the continent. Most of Antarctica has an ice cap climate (Koppen EF) with very cold, generally extremely dry weather throughout the year and no month averaging above 0 °C (32 °F). Some fringe coastal areas have a polar climate (Koppen ET) with a short summer averaging above freezing, and much higher precipitation. ..."

Answer 10

A bit on the chilly side.....