What is the coldest temperature ever recorded on earth before 2022?

World Lowest Temperature:

Record Value: -89.2°C (-128.56°F)

Date of Record: 21 / 7 / 1983

Formal WMO Review: Yes (2011)

Length of Record: 1912-present

Instrumentation: Maximum/Minimum Thermometer in Standard Stevenson Screen

Geospatial Location: Vostok, Antarctica

The world record for low temperature was set at Vostok Station, Antarctica, on 21 July 1983. Cerveny et al. (2007) give this temperature as -89.4°C in their Table 2, quoting Krause and Flood (1997), who gave the same value. However, the actual reported temperature was -89.2°C, as shown in the logbook of monthly summaries. The error in Krause and Flood (1997) was probably the result of a conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit and rounding to -129°F, then back-conversion to Celsius.