World's Hottest and Coldest Places


	Highest Temperature The world's highest temperature is 57.8 °C (136 °F) measured at El Azizia, Libya on September 13, 1922. Hottest Spot The mean temperature in Dallol, Ethiopia is 34.4 °C (94 °F), the highest annual average temperature on earth.

	Lowest Temperature The coldest temperature ever recorded is -89.2 °C (-128.5 °F) at Vostok, Antarctica on July 21, 1983. Coldest Place With its annual mean temperature of –58.3 °C (-72.9 °F), Dome A, Antarctica is the coldest place on earth.