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Where was the lowest temperature in the world recorded?

Answer:
-89.2'C (-128.6'F) at the Russian Antarctic station, Vostok, in 1983.

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) experienced the world's lowest temperature when -89.6 degrees Celsius (-129F) was recorded on 21st July, 1983, at Russia's Vostok Station at an elevation of 3,488 metres.
The coldest temperatures in the interior range from -400 to -940 C and on the coast -50 to -220 C.
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